BOOM LIFT

Boom lift elevated work platforms are indispensable tools across diverse industries, facilitating access to challenging heights with their extendable and articulating arms. Used in construction, maintenance, and inspections, these platforms are tailored to various project needs with options like telescopic and articulated booms. While they offer enhanced safety features such as stability controls and harness attachment points, risks extend to pedestrians and nearby mobile plant equipment. Implementing exclusion zones and Safety Halo systems is crucial, leveraging biophysics and psychology to instinctively enhance safety and eliminate potential hazards in industrial work environments.

Boom lift elevated work platforms are exceptionally versatile tools essential for accessing hard-to-reach areas in various industries. Their extendable and articulating arms allow them to manoeuvre around obstacles and reach high or awkward positions, making them ideal for construction, maintenance, and inspection tasks. Available in different sizes and configurations, including telescopic and articulated booms, they can be customised to meet specific project needs. Boom lifts offer enhanced safety features, such as stability controls and harness attachment points, ensuring secure operations at height. Their adaptability to both indoor and outdoor environments, on rough or smooth terrains, highlights their practicality and broad application range, making them indispensable in diverse work settings.

Safety risks associated with boom lift elevated work platforms extend beyond the immediate workers in the boom lift to pedestrians and other mobile plant equipment in proximity to the boom lift. Key safety concerns include:

• Falling objects: Tools, materials, or equipment can accidentally fall from the elevated platform, posing a serious hazard to pedestrians and operators of nearby mobile plant equipment.

• Platform stability: The stability of the boom lift can be compromised by uneven ground, excessive reach, or overloading, leading to tipping or collapse. This instability can endanger nearby workers and pedestrians.

• Crush and pinch points: Workers on the platform and those nearby can be at risk of being crushed or pinched between the boom lift and fixed structures or other equipment on site.

• Collision risk: Boom lifts can collide with other mobile plant equipment or pedestrians if not operated carefully. This risk is heightened in work areas that are busy and congested.

• Electrocution hazards: If boom lifts come into contact with overhead power lines, workers on the platform and nearby pedestrians can be at risk of electrocution.

• Falling from the platform: Workers on the boom lift platform are at risk of falls, which can be fatal. It is an additional risk that can cause a double fatality or serious injury should a pedestrian on the surface below be impacted by the fall.

• Visibility issues: Operators of the boom lift may have restricted visibility, increasing the risk of accidents involving pedestrians or other mobile equipment.

• Communication failures: Lack of clear communication between the boom lift operator, workers on the platform, and other nearby personnel can lead to serious accidents and injuries.

The most effective way to eliminate these risks is to remove the risk entirely. Effectively implementing exclusion zones will ensure the risk to pedestrians and other plant is virtually nonexistent. Implementing clever design, the Safety Halo™ system leverages a combination of biophysics and psychology, triggering instinctive reflexes in personnel to avoid entering hazardous areas. This proactive approach significantly reduces the likelihood of accidents around boom lift elevated work platforms and enhances overall safety across the work site.