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2.2 CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION
CORRECT OUTRIGGER POSITIONING
A1 - Correct
A2 - Outrigger not centred on plate
B1 - Plate on top of a hole
B2 - Suitably lled hole
C - Loose ground which has been swept away by rain
D - Outrigger posioned on top of a cavity
OVERHEAD POWER LINES
Great care must be taken when operang near overhead power lines. The access plaorm has no insulaon properes so a
safe distance must be maintained at all mes. If the unit is ed with a plasc basket this can oer a minimal amount of
protecon to the personnel in the basket but only in the right condions.
Only access plaorms cered as Insulated Aerial Device (IAD) can work near overhead power lines.
A minimum safe distance must always be kept between the overhead lines and the closest point of the MEWP when fully
extended. This distance is 15m with overhead lines mounted on steel towers and 10m with lines mounted on poles of wood.
These distances are measured horizontally at ground level from a posion vercally below the outermost conductor at the
tower or pole posion.
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