Does OSHA require bucket truck training?
No matter how long you’ve been on the job, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires bucket truck training, a bucket truck written exam, and a practical bucket truck evaluation. OSHA also requires bucket truck operators to receive bucket truck training for each type of bucket truck.
How do insulated bucket trucks work?
Insulated Buckets Two parts of an insulated bucket truck, the bucket itself and the boom, have a dielectric fiberglass coating. This prevents electricity from flowing through the boom, damaging the equipment, or potentially electrocuting the operator.
What can you not do in a bucket truck?
Do not allow workers to position themselves between overhead hazards, such as joists and beams, and the rails of the basket. Movement of the lift could crush the worker(s). Maintain a minimum clearance of at least 10 feet, or 3 meters, away from the nearest energized overhead lines.
Do bucket trucks need outriggers?
While outriggers are an essential piece of safety equipment that should be included on every bucket truck, they do not replace proper training and safety precautions.
Is a bucket truck considered an aerial lift?
Both are aerial work platforms, and serve the function of raising a worker to high or not easily accessed areas. The “bucket” or aerial work platform, is secured to an electric or hydraulic electric lift system designed to lift personnel into the air to perform work safely.
What OSHA standard covers aerial lifts?
1926.453 – Aerial lifts.
What is the difference between a boom truck and a bucket truck?
A bucket truck, or boom truck, as the name suggests is mounted on a vehicle. Sometimes it may also be installed on a van, in which case it is called a bucket van. Some bucket trucks come equipped to lift materials and supplies to the worker. However, a boom truck typically cannot reach as high.
How far can a bucket truck reach?
between 29 and 45 feet
Bucket trucks that can reach from between 29 and 45 feet are among the most common kind of service vehicle for telecommunications and electric power distribution service providers. At this range of heights, our bucket trucks are available in a variety of configurations.
Do you have to wear a harness in a bucket truck?
Since construction workers in bucket trucks, scissor lifts and boom-type elevating work platforms are on a horizontal surface, a positioning device may not be used for those workers. In construction work a body harness must be used in these systems.
Can a bucket truck tip over?
While bucket trucks are fairly simple to operate, they do present a unique set of hazards, including a risk for falls, the potential for tipping over, as well as increased possibilities for collision with other stationary or moving objects and contact with electric power wires.
What is the weight limit for a bucket truck?
300 pounds
* Bucket capacity, one worker at a time * Single buckets have a weight limit of 300 pounds, including gear.
Do you need a harness when using a scissor lift?
If you’re using a vertical or scissor lift, however, it’s not always necessary to use fall protection equipment – like a harness – unless called for by exceptional circumstances.
What should you know about Bucket Truck Safety?
If you have a fleet of bucket trucks you can extract a stranded worker by dispatching another truck when the manufacturer’s provided backup systems fail. You should be concerned with escaping from a bucket when working alone and the lift fails. There are several methods used when stranded in the bucket:
What happens if the basket on a bucket truck moves?
If the basket moves, the worker in the bucket could become crushed between the rails and the fixed structure. If you have a fleet of bucket trucks you can extract a stranded worker by dispatching another truck when the manufacturer’s provided backup systems fail.
Can a person fall out of a bucket truck?
Fall Protection. While it is rare for an employee to fall out of a bucket, it is more common that one will bounce out when another vehicle hits the aerial lift truck. OSHA regulations for fall protection are not clear when it comes to bucket trucks.
What to do if your bucket won’t move?
Lift All 36′ bucket. 2 mid truck outriggers. Truck running. Pto engaged. Park break on. Beacons on. Only the outriggers work. Can not get the bucket to move. Fluid is full. Bucket safety seems ok. Tool switch not engaged.