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Suspended Personnel Platforms

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 Personnel baskets (Personnel
platforms)

Rule #1- May only be used

when there is NO OTHER safe
means of performing the work!
Personnel baskets are the tool
of last resort.

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 Personnel basket crane specs
1. Brakes set, level within 1% of grade
2. De-rate machine capacity 50%
3. Load line safety factor 7 times the
maximum intended loads, except that
where rotation resistant rope is used - 10
times.
4. Telescoping boom length indicator
5. Anti-two blocking device, to prevent
contact between the load block or aver-
haul ball and the boom tip.
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 Cranes and Derricks - 1926.550
 Suspended Personnel Platforms Design
 Support 5 times intended load
 Guardrail, enclosed from mid-rail to toe-
board, grab rail installed inside
 Hard hats and overhead protection
 Welding by qualified welder
 Weight of platform and rated capacity
marked
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Suspended Personnel Platforms - 1926.550
 Master link or shackle for bridle legs
 Eyes fabricated with thimbles
 Rigging used only for personnel basket
 Basket landed or secured before entry
 Employees tied off to basket
 The platform and rigging shall be proof
tested to 125 percent of the platform’s
rated capacity by holding it in a suspended
position for 5 minutes with the test load
evenly distributed on the platform.
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