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Document ID (ISN)24483
CIS number 76-9
ISSN - Serial title 0010-244X - Cahiers des Comités de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Title Aerial baskets directly attached to the jib head of mobile cranes
Original title Nacelles de travail installées directement sur la tête de flèche de grues mobiles. [in French]
Bibliographic information Fiche de sécurité C.305, Organisation for Safety in Building Construction and Civil Engineering (Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics), 2bis rue Michelet, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Jan. 1975. Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Jan.-Feb. 1975, No.1. 4p. Detachable insert.
Abstract This data sheet specifies the safety measures to be taken in the design of mobile cranes, so as to accommodate aerial baskets on their jib head rendering them equipment "especially designed for lifting personnel". Such aerial baskets may be used only when the lifting equipment is maintained in a stationary position. List of the relevant French regulations, followed by details of the hazards involved and advice on the construction of the basket (railings, means of access, anti-collision devices, etc.), on the fitting-out of the crane (siting of controls, speed and smoothness of movements, load and travel limiting devices, etc.), on protection of workers on the ground, and on means of leaving the basket in the event of breakdown.
Descriptors (primary) protection against falls from heights; mobile cranes; aerial baskets; France
Descriptors (secondary) protection against falling objects; load limiting devices; travel limiting devices; control elements; safety by design; escape and exit; legislation; data sheet; railings
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Materials handling and storage
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Cranes