Toolbox Talk: Aerial Lifts

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Aerial lifts are vehicle-mounted devices that allow workers to perform work above the ground. Construction workers involved in aerial lift accidents could face falls, broken bones and death. Approximately 26 construction workers die each year from using aerial lifts. More than half of the deaths involve boom-supported lifts, such as bucket trucks and cherry pickers. These require a body harness with an energy-absorbing lanyard connected to an anchor point provided by the manufacturer. Most of the remaining deaths are electrocutions, falls and tip-overs involving scissor lifts. OSHA requires full guardrails on scissor lifts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Education Electric Injuries Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Electrocutions Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Fall-protection Ground-stability Harnesses Height-factors Hydraulic-equipment Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators Mortality-data Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-programs Training Work-environment Worker-safety

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044142
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Apr; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Toolbox talk: aerial lifts
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f96c2e8d4ae8bf8488d3732fc7d9541c619588ffe6dd1fc4b7218bb11aabaf8a7f3000845aa318c2ae2dc66395118be1a28b8186e42f2e85c4d2fbceae01076
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213105/cdc_213105_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 147.88 KB ]