SECTION 2 - USER RESPONSIBILITIES, MACHINE PREPARATION, AND INSPECTION
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SECTION 2. USER RESPONSIBILITIES, MACHINE PREPARATION, AND INSPECTION
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PERSONNEL TRAINING
The aerial platform is a personnel handling device; so it is
necessary that it be operated and maintained only by
trained personnel.
Persons under the influence of drugs or alcohol or who
are subject to seizures, dizziness or loss of physical con-
trol must not operate this machine.
Operator Training
Operator training must cover:
1.
Use and limitations of the controls in the platform
and at the ground, emergency controls and safety
systems.
2.
Control labels, instructions, and warnings on the
machine.
3.
Rules of the employer and government regulations.
4.
Use of approved fall protection device.
5.
Enough knowledge of the mechanical operation of
the machine to recognize a malfunction or potential
malfunction.
6.
The safest means to operate the machine where
overhead obstructions, other moving equipment,
and obstacles, depressions, holes, drop-offs.
7.
Means to avoid the hazards of unprotected electrical
conductors.
8.
Specific job requirements or machine application.
Training Supervision
Training must be done under the supervision of a qualified
person in an open area free of obstructions until the
trainee has developed the ability to safely control and
operate the machine.
Operator Responsibility
The operator must be instructed that he/she has the
responsibility and authority to shut down the machine in
case of a malfunction or other unsafe condition of either
the machine or the job site.
NOTE:
The Manufacturer or Distributor will provide qualified
people for training assistance with the first unit(s)
delivered and from that time forward as requested by
the user or his/her personnel.
