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PLATFORM OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
For lift trucks fitted with a PLATFORM
A-AUTHORISATION FOR USE
- Operation of the platform requires further authorisation in addition to that of the lift truck.
B-SUITABILITY OF THE PLATFORM FOR THE JOB
- Our lift trucks fitted with “mobile elevating work platforms” are compliant with the standard EN280:2013+A1 for Europe
and the standard AS/NZS1418.10:2011 for Australia, corresponding to the classification of Group C1 to C3 complying
with this standard.
- MANITOU has ensured that this platform is suitable for use under the normal operating conditions provided in this
operator's manual, with a STATIC test coefficient of 1.25 and a DYNAMIC test coefficient of 1.1 as specified in harmonised
European standard EN 280:2013+A1 for "mobile elevating work platforms".
- Before commissioning, the company manager must make sure that platform is appropriate for the work to be done, and
perform certain tests (in accordance with current legislation).
C-PROVIDED ON THE PLATFORM
- Wear suitable clothing when using the platform, avoid loosely-fitting garments.
- Never operate the platform when hands or feet are wet or soiled with greasy substances.
- Remain alert at all times when using the platform. Do not listen to the radio or music using headphones or earphones.
- For increased comfort, adopt the correct position at the platform's operator station.
- The platform's guard rail exempts the operator from wearing a safety harness under normal operating conditions. As a
result, you are responsible for deciding whether to wear a safety harness.
NOTE: Make sure that current legislation in your country does not include the obligation to wear a harness.
- The control units must never in any event be used for any other than their intended purposes (e.g. climbing onto or down
from the lift truck, portmanteau, etc.).
- Safety helmets must be worn.
- The operator must always be in the normal operator's position. It is prohibited to have arms or legs, or generally any part
of the body, protruding from the basket.
- Ensure that any materials loaded onto the platform (pipes, cables, containers, etc.) cannot fall out. Do not pile these
materials to the point where it is necessary to step over them.
D-USING THE PLATFORM
- However experienced they may be, operators must acquaint themselves with the emplacement and operation of all
control instruments prior to operating the platform.
- Check before use that the platform has been correctly assembled and locked onto the lift truck.
- Check before operating the platform that the access gate has been properly locked.
- The platform should be operated in an area free of any obstructions or danger when it is lowered to the ground.
- The operator using the platform must be aided on the ground by a person with adequate training.
- You should stay within the limits set out in the platform load chart.
- The lateral constraints are limited (
e2-DESCRIPTION: CHARACTERISTICS).
- It is strictly forbidden to suspend a load from the platform or the lift truck boom without an attachment provided for this
(eINSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING A LOAD: H-PICKING UP AND PUTTING DOWN A SUSPENDED LOAD).
- The platform cannot be used as a crane or a lift for permanently transporting people or materials, nor as jacks or supports.
- The lift truck must not be moved with one (or more) person(s) in the platform.
- It is forbidden to transport people on the platform using the hydraulic controls in the lift truck’s driver’s cab (except in
case of rescue).
- The operator must not climb onto to off the platform when it is not on ground level (boom retracted and in the down
position).
- The platform must not be fitted with attachments that increase the unit's wind load.
- Do not use ladders or improvised structures in the platform to gain extra height.
- Do not climb onto the sides of the platform to gain extra height.
- It is forbidden to use the platform on forks. The fork slots are only to, be used for storing the platform and not for lifting
people under any circumstances.
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