Safety Alert
Devices used to reduce operator entrapment and crushing on mobile elevating work platforms
Devices used to reduce operator entrapment and crushing on mobile elevating work platforms
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- FOD3-2014
- Line of FireMachinery and EquipmentWorking at Height
- Crushing and pinch points
- Working at height
- Operator displays and control interfaces
- Machine guardingRisk assessment
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Summary
HSE reviews seven fatal MEWP crushing accidents and explains the limitations of control covers and shrouds. The alert calls for task-specific entrapment risk assessment and appropriate selection of secondary guarding, with its limitations understood. It cautions against relying on control shrouds for general entrapment protection.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
FOD3-2014. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment, working at height.