Section 296-863-40060. Make sure work platforms and PITs used to lift people meet these requirements.

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You must:

• Make sure work platforms:

– Are securely fastened to the lifting carriage or forks.

– Have standard guardrails and toeboards on all sides.

• Guard the area between the platform and the PIT mast to prevent employee contact with chains or other shear points.

• Make sure PITs used to elevate a work platform have a lift mechanism that can not drop faster than one hundred thirty five feet per minute in the event of a system failure.

• Make sure the lifting carriage or forks are prevented from tilting.

Note:
Examples of how this may be accomplished are the use of:

• A control lever that prevents the inadvertent movement; or

• Use of a strap or other device to hold the control lever in position.

You must:

• Make sure PITs with controls (vertical only or horizontal and vertical) that can be elevated with the lifting carriage or forks, have a way for people on the platform to shut off power to the PIT.

Note:
You can find the minimum requirements for standard railings of various types of construction in WAC 296-24-75011, Railings, toeboards and cover specifications.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 04-19-051, § 296-863-40060, filed 9/14/04, effective 2/1/05.]

RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 04-19-051, § 296-863-40060, filed 9/14/04, effective 2/1/05.

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Note:	Examples of how this may be accomplished are the use of:
	• A control lever that prevents the inadvertent movement; or
	• Use of a strap or other device to hold the control lever in position.


Note:	You can find the minimum requirements for standard railings of various types of construction in WAC 296-24-75011, Railings, toeboards and cover specifications.