Safety Alert
Platform Lifts (vertical lifting platforms or lifts for people with impaired mobility). Risk of falls from height to employees/workers and members of the public.
Platform Lifts (vertical lifting platforms or lifts for people with impaired mobility). Risk of falls from height to employees/workers and members of the public.
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- OPSD1-2019
- Machinery and EquipmentWorking at Height
- Crushing and pinch pointsFalls from heightMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Competence and trainingFunctional testingMachine guardingPreventive maintenance
Summary
This safety alert addresses falls and trapping involving platform lifts for people with impaired mobility. It describes deterioration, incorrect adjustment and tampering affecting landing-door safety devices, including Bowden-cable locks on early Nami-lift 400 models. It calls for competent maintenance and daily tests of door locking and platform movement safeguards.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
OPSD1-2019. Themes: machinery and equipment, working at height.