Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007

Conditions regarding lifting of persons.

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48. (1) An employer shall ensure that work equipment not specifically designed for the purpose of lifting persons is not used F16[for that purpose] other than in exceptional circumstances and subject to the following conditions:

(a) appropriate action including adequate supervision is taken to ensure safety;

(b) while employees are on work equipment designed for lifting loads, the control position is manned at all times;

(c) persons being lifted have reliable means of communication;

(d) in the event of danger, there is reliable means of evacuating persons from lifting equipment;

(e) the ground underneath the equipment is even and reasonably flat;

(f) the equipment is stable under all circumstances;

(g) persons in a nonintegrated cage or basket cannot reach the controls or other dangerous parts of the lifting machine;

(h) the cage/basket is properly secured to the lifting machine;

(i) the total load is less than half the rated capacity of the lifting equipment;

(j) the lifting equipment has a capacity not less than 1,000 kg unless its manufacturer indicates that the machine is suitable for such use;

(k) hydraulically-operated machines are fitted with check valves on the hydraulic lifting cylinders, or some other suitable device, to prevent a gravity fall of the load in the event of a hydraulic failure.

(2) An employer shall ensure that lifting equipment with provision for free fall is not used to lift persons.

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Substituted (1.04.2020) by Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 2 of 2020), reg. 2(j), in effect as per reg. 1(2).