Hoisting Personnel
Employers may not use cranes and derricks to hoist employees, unless:
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- the erection, use, and dismantling of conventional means of reaching the work area, such as a personnel hoist, ladder, stairway, aerial lift, elevating work platform, or scaffold, would be more hazardous, or
- the erection, use, and dismantling of conventional means of reaching the work area is not possible because of the project's structural design or worksite conditions.
Use of Personnel Platform
A personnel platform must be used when hoisting employees except when hoisting them:
- Into and out of drill shafts that are up to and including 8 feet in diameter;
- in pile driving operations;
- solely for transfer to or from a marine worksite in a marine-hoisted personnel transfer device; or
- in storage tank (steel or concrete), shaft, and chimney operations.
Pre-Lift Meeting
A pre-lift meeting must be held before the trial lift to review the applicable requirements of Section 1431 and the procedures that will be followed. The meeting must be attended by the equipment operator, signal person (if used for the lift), employees to be hoisted, and the person responsible for the task to be performed.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
2-9. The use of cranes and derricks to hoist personnel is not allowed _____.
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