Fall Protection Bucket Truck

To help keep workers inside guardrails osha allows restraining devices with a 2 ft.
Fall protection bucket truck. In august 2011 osha issued an memorandum regarding fall protection on aerial lifts during construction activities. It applied an osha requirement not previously used for aerial lifts. How you achieve tie off may vary but you must always be tied off. Fall restraint safety belt system or full body harness fall arrest system follow all fall protection policies and procedures when working on aerial lift devices.
So why then. Well to be blunt it is what is says it is. Fall protection is required when operating a lift what those workers don t realize let s give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they haven t been properly trained is that you are required to be tied off the moment you step into the basket of a boom lift. Instead of a bucket for workers to stand in some trucks come equipped with a flat platform that can be raised and lowered.
Fall protection what is and what can it do for you. On bucket trucks osha requires a full body harness and lanyard or a restraining device to prevent falls. It s as simple as that. Note to paragraph b 2 v.
It is there to protect you in case of a fall. A boom truck bucket truck can come in various sizes ranging all the way up to a class 8. That s why honeywell miller has created the most innovative fall protection equipment with the mission of keeping your team safe on the edge of a building in a bucket truck or in a confined space. 1910 67 requires this because mechanical failures have resulted in buckets flipping or separating from the boom causing workers to fall.
To prevent electrocutions painters blasters and other workers must stay at least. Aerial lift bucket truck training and certification course includes basic operator safety procedures proper fall protection equipment and rescue training. This is equivalent to a tractor trailer rig. And it can save your life that s what it can do for you.
In either case a hydraulic lifting system housed in the truck s bed powers the. While working on aerial lifts at heights six feet or more above a lower level personal fall arrest systems when stopping a. Whether you re looking for harnesses self retracting lifelines or horizontal and vertical lifeline systems honeywell s fall protection equipment. As of january 1 1998 subpart m of this part 1926 502 d provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.
While working in a bucket or basket workers must wear fall protection equipment with the lanyard connected to an anchor point on the boom or bucket basket.