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Health and Safety Program Manual
Teamwrkx
Construction, Inc.
Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
(MEWPs)
Issue Date: 10/16/23
Revision Date: 10/16/23
Reference: A-12
Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP)- a machine/device intended for moving persons, tools, and materials
to working positions; consisting of at least a work platform with controls, extending structure, and a chassis.
Examples: JLG’s, Scissor Lifts, Genie Lifts. Spiders, Lulls, Zoom Booms, etc.
Platform - any personnel-carrying device (basket or bucket) that is a component of an aerial personnel lift.
Vertical tower - an aerial personnel lift designed to elevate a platform in a substantially vertical axis.
PROCEDURES
Training
Only workers properly trained in compliance with ANSI and OSHA standards and who have received unit-specific
familiarization can operate a MEWP. Operators who successfully demonstrate safe operation of each individual
MEWP device will be qualified and authorized by The Company.
Training must be provided to MEWP operators and their supervisors and include the inspection, maintenance,
use, application, and operation of MEWPs.
Inspection & Maintenance
MEWPs will be inspected prior to use by authorized person. Any deficiencies found in the inspection shall be
clearly noted with the MEWP tagged out of service until it is restored to safe to operation.
MEWPs shall receive routine maintenance and servicing per the manufacturer’s recommendations. Trained
personnel who perform maintenance or servicing to MEWPS will follow manufacturer’s instructions for
electrical safety and The Company procedure for the control of hazardous energy.
Safe Operations
Lift controls shall be tested prior to use to determine that such controls are in safe working condition. Positioning
devices and/or outriggers will be used to per safe operating manual instructions.
Fall Protection - A body harness or Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) shall be worn with a lanyard appropriately
attached per the recommendations of the mobile elevating work platform’s manufacturers operating manual.
Personnel should not be permitted to stand on the rails of MEWPs or use rails as a means of access. In the event
that there are no other means of access to an area requiring work, specific procedures including rationale
(feasibly), duration, evacuation, fall protection plan, etc. shall be developed and reviewed with affected workers
prior to implementation.
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