3. Choosing a platform
The choice of a mobile aerial work platform depends on the type of work to be carried out and the available space.
The French National Institute for Research and Safety (INRS) has published a comparative table in its excellent brochure ED 801, from which we have extracted the figure 2 .
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Safety. Regulations
Trade magazines
Manumag lifting (F)
Access international (GB)
Logistiques magazine (F)
Logistics strategy (F)
Safety brochures
Lifting people safely - INRS (1999)
Practical guide to personnel lifting - OPPBTP
Safety data sheet C 306 - Platform elevators with elevating operator's platform - OPPBTP
CNAM R 332 - Machinery working near bare electrical conductors
CNAM R 257 - The use of personnel elevators on carriers
Regulations - Standardization
Machinery" Directive n 89/392 modified by n 91/368 included in French regulations by decrees n 92/765, 92/766 and 92/767
Directive n 89/655 modified by 95/63 transposed into French law by decree n 93/40 and 93/41
Standard EN 280 - Mobile elevating work platforms - Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examination and testing. December...
Organizations
Syndicat des industries de matériels de manutention - SIMMA http://www.simma.com/
Union des industries d'équipement pour la construction, les infrastructures, la métallurgie - MTPS http://www.mtps.org/
Syndicat des entreprises internationales...
Manufacturers
Readers are also referred to the Syndicat des industriels de manutention (SIMMA): http://www.simma.com
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