Aerial work platform
B-LIFT 18 HV
5
COD. UM0287_GB | REV. 00 | ED: 09/18
Chapter 2
GB
SAFETY
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Overload the raised platform. If parts have to be dismantled at height, check their weight to
avoid exceeding the load.
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Use the machine at winds exceeding 12.5 m/s (45 km/h) or when there are gusts of wind.
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Increase the surface area or load of the platform. Increased surface exposed to the wind
decreases machine stability.
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Use the machine in unfavourable weather conditions, such as storms, snow and mist.
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Push or pull any object outside the platform.
The maximum permissible manual force which
may be applied is 40 daN.
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Modify, replace or disengage any components that affect the safety and stability of the machine.
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Modify or alter the work platform. Fittings for holding down equipment or other material on the
platform or guard rail increase the weight and exposed surface area of the platform and load.
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Attach metal wires, cables or similar objects to the platform. These could become trapped or
hook onto a ixed external object.
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Modify, remove or replace any components that could reduce the overall weight or stability of
the machine base, such as ballasts, delating the tyres, removing batteries, spare wheels, etc.
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Position or attach loads which jut out from any part of the machine.
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Use the platform as a crane (applying loads outside the platform and using the machine to raise
suspended loads).
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Use the machine as a goods lift (raising loads on the platform).
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Use the machine as a passenger lift (moving persons from one loor to another).
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Use the controls on the platform to free the platform when blocked, obstructed or impeded in
any other way by an adjacent structure preventing normal movement.
Request the assistance
of qualiied personnel.
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Tip the vehicle cab (this could compromise stability).
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Enter the vehicle cab (this could compromise stability).
2.3.2.1
BEAUFORT wind scale
Even if wind speed can be measured with reasonable accuracy using an anemometer, which expresses
a value in knots or kilometres per hour, it is possible to estimate the wind speed empirically using
the Beaufort Scale by observing the effects of the wind in the surrounding environment (its effects
on the sea and/or land).
Below is an excerpt from the BEAUFORT scale.
Force
Name of the wind
at a height of 10 m
above lat, open land
Nm/h
Km/h
Description of effects
on land
Description of
effects
offshore
0
Calm
0-1
0-1
Calm, smoke rises vertically
Sea like a mirror
1
Light air
1-3
1-5
Direction of wind shown by
smoke drift, but not by wind
vanes.
Ripples with the
appearance of scales
are formed but without
foam crests.
2
Light breeze
4-6
6-11
Wind felt on face, leaves
rustle, ordinary vanes begin
to move
Small wavelets,
still short but more
pronounced. Crests
have a glassy
appearance and do
not break.
