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Serious injury or fatality
Platform operator and occupants
Authorized operator, guardrails and manufacturer instructions
Verify required restraint/fall-protection method according to manufacturer instructions
Crushing or fatality
Occupants and nearby workers
Ground assessment, capacity limits and safe setup
Identify holes, edges and weak ground before operation
Crushing or serious injury
Platform occupants
Overhead-obstruction checks and controlled movement
Reduce movement speed and use a spotter in restricted areas
Electric shock or fatality
MEWP operator, platform occupants and nearby personnel
Safe clearance from power lines and work-area checks
Identify power lines before work and maintain the required safe clearance
Crushing, impact or serious injury
MEWP operator, platform occupants and surrounding personnel
Controlled driving, route checks and trained operator
Use a spotter at blind spots and segregate pedestrians from the travel route
Serious injury to personnel below
Personnel below or around the MEWP
Platform housekeeping and secure placement of materials
Secure tools and establish a controlled exclusion zone below the platform
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Start Risk Assessment| ACTIVITY | MEWP / Mobile Elevating Work Platform | CATEGORY | Work at Height |
| # | Activity | Hazard | Consequence | Persons at Risk | Existing Risk Control | L | S | Risk | Action Required / Additional Controls | Person in Charge | Due Date | RL | RS | Residual Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | MEWP / Mobile Elevating Work Platform | Fall from platform | Serious injury or fatality | Platform operator and occupants | Authorized operator, guardrails and manufacturer instructions | 2 | 5 | 10 High | Verify required restraint/fall-protection method according to manufacturer instructions | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 Low |
| 02 | MEWP / Mobile Elevating Work Platform | MEWP overturn | Crushing or fatality | Occupants and nearby workers | Ground assessment, capacity limits and safe setup | 3 | 5 | 15 High | Identify holes, edges and weak ground before operation | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 Low |
| 03 | MEWP / Mobile Elevating Work Platform | Overhead entrapment | Crushing or serious injury | Platform occupants | Overhead-obstruction checks and controlled movement | 3 | 4 | 12 High | Reduce movement speed and use a spotter in restricted areas | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 Low |
| 04 | MEWP / Mobile Elevating Work Platform | MEWP approaching overhead power lines | Electric shock or fatality | MEWP operator, platform occupants and nearby personnel | Safe clearance from power lines and work-area checks | 3 | 5 | 15 High | Identify power lines before work and maintain the required safe clearance | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 Low |
| 05 | MEWP / Mobile Elevating Work Platform | Collision during MEWP movement | Crushing, impact or serious injury | MEWP operator, platform occupants and surrounding personnel | Controlled driving, route checks and trained operator | 3 | 4 | 12 High | Use a spotter at blind spots and segregate pedestrians from the travel route | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 Low |
| 06 | MEWP / Mobile Elevating Work Platform | Dropped tools or materials from MEWP platform | Serious injury to personnel below | Personnel below or around the MEWP | Platform housekeeping and secure placement of materials | 2 | 4 | 8 Medium | Secure tools and establish a controlled exclusion zone below the platform | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 Low |