Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 76 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 020 P age Nu m b e r 6 of 10 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma y 2 2015 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e o n Re vised Doc u m e n t Ma y 15 2015 80 WORK P L AT F ORM S USP E NEDED B Y LIFT T RU CK Ma nua ll y P rop e ll e d ladd e r sta nds a nd sc a ff olds m ust m e e t t he re quire m e nts of W C B R e gulat ion A w ork p latfor m m ust on l y be use d in conditi ons whe re it is no t fe a sibl e o r pra c ti c a l t o use a nother mea ns whe n a ll other r e a sona ble options have b e e n e x ha usted The wor k platf o rm use d to l ift pe rsonne l m ust be c e rtifie d b y a stru c tura l en g ine e r T he li ft tru c k for ms m ust be inspec ted a nnua ll y The ra ted c a p a c it y o f a n y li ft truc k mus t be c lea rl y visi ble a nd suff icie nt t o ha ndle w it hout ti pping wor k platf orms mo unted the we i g ht of the p latfor m and its occ up a nts and the ir c ontents w ork tools All wor k platf orms mus t be se c ur e d b y a d e vice of a de qua te str e n g th c h a in to t he li ft truc k to pre ve nt a c c identa l di slod g ment of the wor k platf o rm f rom the lift truc k In sp e c ti on re c ords must be ke pt for a ll inspec ti ons a nd re pa irs A struc tura l en g ine e r mu st appr ove a ll a lt e r a ti ons re pa irs to a w ork p latfor m Appr ove d ha nd si g na ls must be use d for c omm u nica ti ons b y pe rsonne l i n the w ork p latfor m r a dio communi c a ti on is a suit a ble substi tut e for thi s Onl y a d e si g na ted w o rke r ma y g iv e sig n a ls t his wi ll be de ter mi ne d prior to the sta rt the task No one ma y ride in a wor k platf orm mount e d on a for kli ft w hil e the lift t ruc k is i n mot ion A pre li ft me e ti n g must b e he ld for a ll pe rsonne l t ha t ar e invol ve d in t he li f t prior to the a c tual li ft c omm e nc ing The a r e a surr oundin g the wor k platf orm must be i de nti fie d b y th e use of hi vis s a fe t y c on e s 90 L AD DERS L a dd e rs must mee t t he r e quire ments of W C B Re gu lat ions a nd me e t C SA Standar ds P rope r use of la dd e rs is e ssential in pre ve nti ng a c c idents Eve n a g ood ladd e r c a n b e a s e rious sa f e t y ha z a rd w he n use d b y wor ke rs inc orr e c tl y L a dd e rs sha ll be inspe c te d be for e e a c h use a nd tho se whic h ha ve de ve loped de fe c ts s ha ll be withdra w n fr om se rvic e f or r e pa ir o r de stru c ti on a nd tagge d or ma rk e d a s Da n g e rous D o Not Use Use both hands w he n c li mbi ng or de s c e ndin g lad de rs do not c a rr y h e a v y or bu lk y ob je c ts t ha t make c li mbi ng unsa fe a thre e point c ontac t m ust be maintaine d with t he la dde r a t all t im e s The wor ke r sha ll a lwa y s fa c e th e ladde r w he n c li mbi ng up or down Me tal ladde rs sha ll ne v e r be use d ne a r e le c tric a l e quipm e nt onl y non c ond uc ti ve ladde rs must be use d Onl y one p e rson should be on a ladde r a t a tim e a nd no wor k is t o be done fr om t he top t hre e rung s o f sing le o r e x tension l a dde rs or f rom the top two steps of step la dde r s F a ll prote c ti on is re qui re d whe n the la dde r is posi ti one d ne a r a n e d g e o r f l oor o pe nin g that sig nific a ntl y incr e a s e s the f a ll ha z a rd