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Document ID (ISN)31644
CIS number 79-1153
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Sinsoilliez G.
Title Lifting equipment used by maintenance personnel for work at heights in department stores - Use of rider trucks
Original title Le matériel de levage mis à disposition des services d'entretien en vue des travaux en hauteur dans les grands magasins - Cas de l'utilisation des chariots automoteurs à conducteurs portés. [in French]
Bibliographic information Caisse régionale d'assurance maladie du Nord de la France, 11 boulevard Vauban, 59024 Lille Cedex, France, 14 Sep. 1978. 9p. 2 ref. Gratis.
Abstract Communication to the Joint Technical Committee for the Wholesale and Retail Food Trades (Lille, France). The types of work at heights (generally 4-5m) required in department stores (replacement of fluorescent tubes, installation or renewal of decoration, rearrangement of departments, etc.) are reviewed. A section devoted to stores at a single level examines the precautions required in the use of rider trucks, which should be used only exceptionally for this type of work, and of aerial baskets, designed especially for these tasks. Equipment used in multistorey shops (ladders, stools, mobile platforms, etc.) is referred to in the second part. The importance of planning, information, and training is stressed.
Descriptors (primary) protection against falls from heights; retail trade; work at height; shops
Descriptors (secondary) electric lighting equipment; maintenance; portable ladders; supervision of dangerous work; aerial baskets; fork-lift trucks; mobile platforms
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Retail industry