Suspended Personnel Platforms
Personnel baskets (Personnel platforms)
Rule #1- May only be used when there is NO OTHER safe means of performing the work! Personnel baskets are the tool of last resort.
Personnel basket crane specs
Brakes set, level within 1% of grade
De-rate machine capacity 50%
Load line safety factor 7 times the maximum intended loads, except that where rotation resistant rope is used - 10 times.
Telescoping boom length indicator
Anti-two blocking device, to prevent contact between the load block or aver-haul ball and the boom tip.
Cranes and Derricks
Suspended Personnel Platforms Design
Support 5 times intended load
Guardrail, enclosed from mid-rail to toe-board, grab rail installed inside
Hard hats and overhead protection
Welding by qualified welder
Weight of platform and rated capacity marked
Suspended Personnel Platforms
Master link or shackle for bridle legs
Eyes fabricated with thimbles
Rigging used only for personnel basket
Basket landed or secured before entry
Employees tied off to basket
The platform and rigging shall be proof tested to 125 percent of the platform’s rated capacity by holding it in a suspended position for 5 minutes with the test load evenly distributed on the platform.
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