What is an elevated platform?

Elevated platform or perching area: A surface or structure, either natural or manmade, positioned above the floor, or above the grade level of the cage or enclosure, that will provide a resting area for the animal(s).

What is mobile work platform?

Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP) are a types of ‘plant’, or equipment that facilitate working at height. They consist of a working platform on an extending structure and chassis, with controls for operation.

What characteristic defines a type one mobile elevating work platform?

MEWP Type is determined by whether the lift can travel when stowed or elevated and the location of the controls which allow such travel. Type 1 MEWPs can only travel with the platform in a stowed position. Type 2 MEWPs can travel elevated and is controlled from the chassis.

What characteristic defines a type 1 mobile elevating work platform?

Type 1: The equipment can only be driven with the platform in its stowed position Type 2: The equipment can be driven elevated but is controlled from the chassis Type 3: The equipment can be driven elevated, controlled from the work platform.

What is a work platform?

Defining “Work Platform” A work platform is essentially any elevated platform used as a place of work. There is no specific height requirement of a platform before it becomes a work platform. If a platform is elevated only one inch for a specific job task, that platform would be a work platform.

What is an elevated lift?

Bucket trucks, scissor lifts, and boom lifts are vehicles that are intended to be moved and operated while occupied by a person, at an elevated height. These vehicles are operated both “horizontally” by driving, and “vertically” by elevating the aerial platform.

Is a scissor lift a mobile elevated work platform?

Aerial Work Platforms have been renamed and are now called Mobile Elevating Work Platforms or MEWPs. Along with the new terminology for lifts is a new classification system. Previously, Aerial Work Platforms were classified by product type like scissor lifts, boom lifts, etc.

How many different types of elevating work platforms are there?

There are two basic types of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs): 1. Scissor 2. Boom.

What is platform scaffolding?

A scaffold is a temporary structure erected to support access or working platforms. Scaffolds are commonly used in construction work so workers have a safe, stable work platform when work cannot be done at ground level or on a finished floor.

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