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Health & Safety Department:
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CFR 1910 General Industry Training Requirements
Subpart F
Powered Platforms, Manlifts, and Vehicle-Mounted
Work Platforms 1910.66-1910.68
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Powered
Platforms for Building
Maintenance-Operations Training
1910.66(i), (ii) and (ii)(A) through
(E), and (iii) through (v)
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(i) Working
platforms shall be operated only by
persons who are proficient in the
operation, safe use, and inspection of
the particular working platform to be
operated.
(ii) All employees who operate working
platforms shall be trained in the
following:
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(A)
Recognition of, and preventive measures
for, the safety hazards associated with
their individual work tasks.
(B) General recognition and prevention
of safety hazards associated with the
use of working platforms, including the
provisions in the section relating to
the particular working platform to be
operated.
(C) Emergency action plan procedures
required in paragraph (e)(9) of this
section.
(D) Work procedures required in
paragraph (i)(1)(iv) of this section.
(E) Personal fall arrest system
inspection, care, use, and system
performance.
(iii) Training of employees in the
operation and inspection of working
platforms shall be done by a competent
person.
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Written
work Procedures |
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(iv)
Written work procedures for the
operation, safe use, and inspection of
working platforms shall be provided for
employee training. Pictorial methods of
instruction may be used, in lieu of
written work procedures, if employee
communication is improved using this
method. The operating manuals supplied
by manufacturers for platform system
components can serve as the basis for
these procedures.
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Certification record
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(v) The
employer shall certify that employees
have been trained in operating and
inspecting a working platform by
preparing a certification record which
includes the identity of the person
trained, the signature of the employer
or the person who conducted the training
and the date that training was
completed. The certification record
shall be prepared at the completion of
the training required in paragraph (i)(l)(ii)
of this section, and shall be maintained
in a file for the duration of the
employee's employment. The certification
record shall be kept readily available
for review by the Assistant Secretary of
Labor or the Assistant Secretary's
representative.
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Care and
Use
Appendix C, Sec. l(e)(9)
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(9) Before
using a personal fall arrest system, and
after any component or system is
changed, employees shall be trained in
accordance with the requirements of
paragraph 1910.66(i)(1), in the safe use
of the system. |
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