HSE - Platform Lifts (vertical lifting platforms or lifts for people with impaired mobility)
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HSE - Platform Lifts (vertical lifting platforms or lifts for people with impaired mobility)
"Platform Lifts (vertical lifting platforms or lifts for people with impaired mobility). Risk of falls from height to employees/workers and members of the public."
Issue Date : 18-03-2019
Key Issues:
Potential danger from:
inadequate maintenance of door components;
inappropriate adjustment of door locks;
interference with zone bypass switches at doors;
unauthorised access to lift well (shaft) when the lifting platform (lift car) is at a different level
Action required:
carry out appropriate levels of maintenance; and
regular safety checks
http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/p ... -lifts.htm
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