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Platform Safety EEC-0061 V1.1
Platform Safety
PERSONNEL PLATFORM OCCUPANTS
A. Remain in continuous sight or in communication with the operator and the
signalperson.
B. Maintain a stable and even loading of the platform.
C. Use protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses, hearing protection, and
gloves in conditions where a hazard of injury exists.
D. Wear personnel fall protection devices with lanyards attached to provided anchorage
points at all times, while occupying the platform, unless special circumstance work
requirements dictate otherwise.
E. Be familiar with hand signals posted in the platform. All occupants shall know the
emergency stop signal.
F. Limit their number commensurate with the work being performed, platform design,
and hoisting equipment limitations.
G. Have materials and equipment evenly distributed and secured while the platform is
lifted.
H. Not stand, sit on, or work from the top rail, intermediate rail, toe board, or use any
device to enhance their vertical height working capability.
I. Not pull the platform out of plumb with the hoisting equipment.
J. Not enter or exit a suspended platform while it is raised unless the platform has an
installed gate and the platform is physically secured to the structure to which the
occupants are entering or leaving.
K. The platform occupant should keep all parts of their body inside the platform during
raising, lowering, or positioning unless they are performing the duties of a
designated signalperson.
Communications
A. Signals to the operator shall be in accordance with the hoisting equipment ASME
B30 volume, unless voice communication (telephone, radio, or equivalent) is utilized.
B. Signals shall be discernible or audible to the operator.
C. Hand signals shall be posted as specified: