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Division 3.2.4

United Kingdom

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Work equipment for lifting or moving workers must be such as to:

  1. (a)

    prevent the risk of the car falling, where one exists, by means of suitable devices;

  2. (b)

    prevent the risk of the user himself falling from the car, where one exists;

  3. (c)

    prevent the risk of the user being crushed, trapped or struck, in particular through inadvertent contact with objects;

  4. (d)

    ensure that persons trapped in the car in the event of an incident are not exposed to danger and can be freed.

If, for reasons inherent in the site and in height differences, the risks referred to in point (a) cannot be avoided by any safety measures, an enhanced safety coefficient suspension rope must be installed and checked every working day.