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I n s t r u c t i o n s f o r U s e
a n d M a i n t e n a n c e
Section B
Safe workplace
Type of workplace
The machine was designed and built for use in the following types of settings:
- in open air places open to the public (e.g. squares, car parks, public roads, etc.);
- private open air places (e.g. yards in front of houses or blocks of flats for maintenance work on roofs,
etc.);
- indoor settings open to the public (e.g. shopping centre entrances, sports centres, inside exhibition
centres, etc.);
- open industrial areas (e.g. maintenance work on infrastructures such as barns, elevated floors, etc.);
- closed industrial settings (e.g. factory premises, hangars, etc.)
- open areas used for worksites (e.g. construction yards).
CTE lifting platforms can also be used:
- inside airports;
- on shipping docks.
Supporting surface
The surface onto which the vehicle is positioned must be compact and not subject to yielding: concrete
and tarred surfaces and compacted ground (worksites) are preferable.
Shoud the tar surface overheat, or the ground not be sufficiently compact, place sturdy wooden planks
and/or steel plates between the ground and the stabiliser to prevent the latter from sinking.
Production areas
When operating inside production areas (worksites and industrial sites), take special care in positioning
the vehicle.
Wherever possible, choose the operating place (or workplace) of the lifting platform also according to the
following suggestions:
- it should be a large enough place to contain the entire structure, so as not to create any dangerous
situations during the operations with the lifting platform arm;
- it should not obstruct the escape routes, emergency exits, pedestrian crossings and throughways
(for vehicles, fork lift trucks, self-propelled operating machines, etc.);
- it should not obstruct the visibility of signs (boards, illuminated signs, etc.);
- it should not obstruct the operating area of other adjacent pieces of equipment (such as travelling
cranes, conveyors, etc.) unless the equipment is not previously disabled for the entire period of use of
the lifting platform.
Placing the machine
The placing of the machine, with respect to the position of the user, should allow the latter to observe the
correct performance of operation and the upkeeping of safety conditions around the operating area.
During this phase, the accessibility of the controls and the visibility of the applicable areas should be checked,
with particular reference to placing, operation and retraction.
Delimitation of the operating area boundary
Before operating the lifting platform, always check first the environmental and visibility conditions, arranging
suitable signals to mark the operating area.