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Operated by belweave. We connect you with independent local rental companies; they quote, rent and invoice you directly; we may receive a fee from them. We do not own lifts or scaffolding.

Safety

Guidance before the basket leaves the ground

This page is a briefing, not a certification and not a substitute for the manual on the machine. OSHA writes the federal rules. ANSI/SAIA writes the industry standards manufacturers and training programs use. Follow both, plus the site rules of the facility you are in.

Standards, by name

  • OSHA 29 CFR 1926.453, aerial lifts, construction.
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910.67, vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms, general industry.
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart L, scaffolds, including 1926.451 general requirements and 1926.452 for specific types.
  • ANSI/SAIA A92.20, design, calculations, safety requirements, and test methods for mobile elevating work platforms.
  • ANSI/SAIA A92.22, safe use of mobile elevating work platforms.
  • ANSI/SAIA A92.24, training for the use, operation, inspection, testing, and maintenance of mobile elevating work platforms.
  • ANSI/ASSP A10.8, scaffolding safety requirements.

Before you go up

  • Read the data plate. Do not exceed the rated load, the rated slope, or the rated wind.
  • Walk the path for holes, slopes, and overhead lines. Treat every line as energized until the utility says otherwise.
  • A pre-use inspection is the operator’s job, not the delivery driver’s signature from yesterday.
  • Fall protection is whatever the manufacturer and the cited OSHA rule require for that configuration. Do not invent a harness policy from a blog.
  • Do not stand on the guardrail, and do not exit the basket at height unless the manufacturer and your employer’s procedure both allow that move.
  • A telehandler is a material handler. People leave the ground on an aerial lift, or on a manufacturer-approved platform the yard actually rented for that use.

Scaffold, separately

Frame, system, and stair towers are not aerial lifts. A competent person, as that term is used in OSHA’s scaffold rules, has to be involved in erection. Mixing parts from different systems, riding a rolling tower, and leaving guardrails off “for just this bay” are how people get hurt. If you asked us only for components, the build is still your responsibility. If you asked for erect and dismantle, the company that accepted that scope supervises its crew. We do not.

We are not a safety consultant and this page is not legal advice. If a rule and a rental counter disagree, the rule and the manual win.

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