WAC 296-863-40060   Make sure work platforms and PITs used to lift people meet these requirements.  

     You must:

     • Make sure work platforms:

     – Are securely fastened to the lifting carriage or forks.

     – Have standard guardrails and toeboards on all sides.

     • Guard the area between the platform and the PIT mast to prevent employee contact with chains or other shear points.

     • Make sure PITs used to elevate a work platform have a lift mechanism that can not drop faster than one hundred thirty five feet per minute in the event of a system failure.

     • Make sure the lifting carriage or forks are prevented from tilting.

Note:	Examples of how this may be accomplished are the use of:
	• A control lever that prevents the inadvertent movement; or
	• Use of a strap or other device to hold the control lever in position.

     You must:

     • Make sure PITs with controls (vertical only or horizontal and vertical) that can be elevated with the lifting carriage or forks, have a way for people on the platform to shut off power to the PIT.

Note:

You can find the minimum requirements for standard railings of various types of construction in WAC 296-24-75011, Railings, toeboards and cover specifications.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 04-19-051, § 296-863-40060, filed 9/14/04, effective 2/1/05.]