Aerial lifts allow employees to work in elevated areas safely. Continue reading to learn everything you need to know about aerial lifts before purchasing them.
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Aerial lifts, also called MEWPs (mobile elevating work platforms) are great for completing a bevy of workplace tasks. That being said, you must exercise caution before allowing your employees to operate at the helm. For an employee to legally and responsibly operate an aerial lift, they must obtain the proper certification. Although there are key […]
The American National Standards Institute will make some changes to the standards for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP). As of now, there has been a delay, and the updated ANSI A92 standards for 2019 are behind by six months. As such, the original deadline for the implication of the new standards moved. The new deadline […]
Maintaining a Safe Distance From Power Lines Published by Timothy G. Wiemer on 4th August 2016 Aerial Lift Training An article found on Aggregates Manager (http://www.aggman.com/) written by Kerry Clines describes an electrician that was operating a man lift when his left shoulder came into contact with the 14,400 volt overhead power lines. He received burns […]