(1) You must make sure the width of
the working platform is:
(a) At
least twenty-four inches (610 mm); and
(b) Allows a minimum of a
twelve-inch (305 mm) wide passage at or past any obstruction on the
platform.
(2)
You must make sure the platform has slip-resistant
flooring.
(3) You must
make sure any opening in the platform is either:
(a) Small enough to prevent passage
of life lines, cables, and other potential falling objects;
or
(b) Protected by
material under the opening which prevents the passage of life lines,
cables, and potential falling objects.
(4) You must make sure means are
provided to store any cable suspended from above the platform to keep
it from accumulating on the floor of the platform.
(5) You must make sure means are
provided to secure all tools, water tanks, and other accessories to
keep them from moving or accumulating on the floor of the
platform.
(6) You must
make sure flammable liquids are not carried on the working
platform.
(7) You must
make sure a type B-C portable fire extinguisher is provided and
securely attached on all working platforms.
(8) You must make sure operating
controls for vertical travel of the platform are:
(a) Continuous-pressure type;
and
(b) Located on the
platform.
(9)
You must make sure the maximum rated speed of the platform is limited
to:
(a) Fifty feet per minute (0.3
ms) for single speed hoists; and
(b) Seventy-five feet per minute
(0.4 ms) for multispeed hoists.
(10) You must make sure access to
and egress from a working platform, except for those that land
directly on a safe surface, is provided by stairs, ladders, platforms
or runways.
(11) You must
make sure access gates are self-closing and self-latching.
Reference:
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Requirements for stairs, ladders, platforms
and runways are found in other chapters:
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1. Working Surfaces, Guarding Floors and
Wall Openings, Ladders, Part J-1 in the General safety and health
standards, chapter 296-24 WAC.
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2. Scaffolds, chapter 296-874 WAC.
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3. Ladders, portable andfixed, chapter
296-876 WAC.
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(12) You must make sure a suspended
platform's suspension system restricts the platform inboard to
outboard roll around its longitudinal axis to not more than fifteen
degrees from the horizontal when moving the live load from the
inboard to the outboard side of the platform.
Note:
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The roll limitation does not apply to
supported equipment.
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