Aerial Boom Lift Safety

Practice aerial boom lift safety in your workplace

If you own industrial boom lifts, it’s important that everyone on your staff have a thorough understanding of safety procedures associated with aerial booms. This includes office workers and maintenance staff, as well as boom operators. And if you add new aerial booms to your inventory, you should review safety precautions again with your staff.

As you find industrial boom lifts to use, the machinery should have all the safety equipment in place. Aside from getting boom lift training from safety experts, there are a number of options for getting training on specific pieces of equipment. These include:

1. Boom lift manufacturers. They can provide you with specific information for their boom lifts.

2. Companies that have used boom lifts for sale. Be especially wary of any pieces of equipment without safety equipment.

3. Businesses that offer boom lift rentals. Before you leave the premises, the rental equipment business should provide you with a written set of safety instructions.

 

Make training in aerial booms safety mandatory

Each member of your staff should have basic training in boom lift safety. It can be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation or lecture. Make sure the training information is part of the packet new hires receive as well.
Try: Share the industrial boom lift training information from the Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health, or eLCOSH, with your employees as part of your on-site aerial boom training program. The aerial booms safety information from the Society for Protective Coatings may also be useful.

Provide aerial boom lift safety videos

Offer video training to your staff. This can also be part of new hire training. Make sure the videos are current and discuss the particular types of equipment that you own in order to make the training relevant.
Try: View the aerial boom lift safety videos available from National Safety Compliance. These videos can help your employees comply with the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety guidelines. Nexstep offers safety training in video format. No matter which aerial lift manufacturers’ equipment you use, the safety videos are appropriate.

Offer live aerial boom lift safety training

The best way to do this is to train a trainer. Send someone reliable from your staff to specialized "train-the-trainer" classes. This type of training can encompass a number of topics, but make sure workplace safety is one of them. Then, have that employee be responsible for training everyone on your staff in aerial boom lift safety.
Try: You can find a complete listing of trainer safety programs for industrial boom lifts from Safety Services Company. Crane Tech also offers train-the-trainer workshops for aerial boom lift safety training.

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