Doing It Right 10 – Manlift

Bryan,

Back in May I observed a delivery driver for a major rental company picking up a JLG man lift from one of my subs. See first picture. 3 weeks later I was in an OSHA 500 class with his regional safety manager and asked him what their loading/unloading procedures were. He assured my his employees always use proper fall protection when doing this. His face turned a little red when I informed him of what I had observed his driver doing and that I had pictures of it, if he would like to see for himself. I emailed them to him. And as they say The proverbial S$#t hit the fan. But some good did come from this. I saw the same driver today picking up another lift from my site, He got out of the truck and put on his harness before he even tilted the lift bed on his truck. Had it on and used it the whole time he was loading. See picture # 2. This is to let everybody know that letting our other safety reps know what is going on is NOT a bad thing… And I’ll do it again if I can prevent an accident or injury.

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