A worker on a self-propelled scissor lift was installing
bolts to connect two large overhead steel beams. The platform
controls were not protected against inadvertent operation.
The worker inadvertently activated the lever for controlling
elevation.
The platform elevated. The worker was pushed firmly onto
the control lever when he was caught between an overhead
beam and the elevating platform’s guard rail.
The platform continued to rise, fatally crushing the worker.
What
should be done to prevent a similar incident
- Use
only elevating work platforms with controls that are protected
against inadvertent operation.
See
page 2 for relevant sections of the Occupational Health
and Safety Regulation.
Relevant sections of the Occupational Health and Safety
Regulation*
13.116
. . .
(3) Controls on an elevating work platform must be protected
against inadvertent operation.
(4) Each set of operating controls of an elevating work
platform must be provided with an emergency stop device.
(5) The emergency stop device on an elevating work platform
must be within easy reach of the operator, and must be
clearly labelled STOP and be red.
(6) Each elevating work platform must have a clearly marked
overriding lowering control which, in an emergency, will
enable a worker at the lower controls to stop and lower
the platform.
*The
sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
listed in this bulletin do not imply a breach of the Regulation
on the part of any party that may have been involved with
this incident. The purpose in listing specific sections
of the Regulation is to make readers aware of some of
the applicable sections of the Regulation.
