MEWP, suspended platforms, mast-climbing platforms and rail-dependent storage and retrieval equipment
The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP), suspended platforms, mast-climbing platforms and rail-dependent storage and retrieval equipment, and their components, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”. This equipment includes: mobile elevating work platforms installed temporarily or permanently, powered manually or electrically, used to move people, equipment and materials to and from a single starting point, and which are designed to be used by one or more people to carry out their work. Platforms used by the firefighters and other emergency services are excluded from the scope of this Specific Safety Instruction.