Scissor Lift Safety – an Initiative to Model Static Stability

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• Personal Author:
  Boehler B ; Chiou SS ; Dong, Ren G. ; Harris JR ; Pan, Christopher S. ; Ronaghi M ; Welcome, Daniel E. ; Wu, John Z.
• Description:
  Scissors lifts are elevating platforms that can be raised or lowered to various heights. The platform can be positioned horizontally beyond the base. These lifts are increasingly being used in various industries because they are mobile and provide workers access to elevations to perform required tasks. NIOSH, in collaboration with National Safety Council (NSC) and Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR), conducted a surveillance study of aerial platform falls/collapses/ tipovers across all industry classifications. This study showed that approximately two-thirds of fatal and nonfatal incidents involving scissor lifts occurred in the construction industry. A scissor lift is regulated by OSHA as a mobile scaffold and by the agency's general industry requirements for scaffolds. Manufacturers have relied on the tests and safety features described in consensus standards published by ANSI and Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) for self-propelled elevating work platforms (e.g., A92.6-1999) to ensure proper scissor lift performance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-reliability Industrial-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Machine-operators Mortality-data Safety-research Scaffolds Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0099-0027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  43-48
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035405
• Citation:
  Prof Saf 2009 Apr; 54(4):43-48
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Professional Safety
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187272/cdc_187272_DS1.pdf
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