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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)

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"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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