MEWP Operations Risk Assessment & Method Statement

MEWP operations require IPAF training and ground assessment.

MEWPs include scissor lifts, boom lifts, and spider lifts.

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Key Hazards

⚠️Overturning
⚠️Falls
⚠️Ejection
⚠️Trapping
⚠️Striking overhead obstacles
⚠️Electrocution

Control Measures

✓IPAF trained operators
✓Ground assessment
✓Pre-use checks
✓Harness use (boom)
✓Exclusion zones

PPE Requirements

  • 🛡️Safety harness (boom lifts)
  • 🛡️Hard hat
  • 🛡️Safety boots
  • 🛡️High-vis

Legal Requirements

  • 📋PUWER 1998
  • 📋LOLER 1998

Step-by-Step Method

Ground assessment
MEWP selection
Pre-use inspection
Positioning
Work at height
Lower platform
Park safely

Emergency Procedures

• Emergency lowering procedures
• Ground rescue