Knuckle Boom Lift Op.

The Knuckle Boom Lift Operation SOP (SOP-EWP-001) is designed to provide clear guidelines for safely operating knuckle boom lifts and managing associated hazards. It is crucial for operators and safety managers in construction and other industries where elevated work is performed. This document ensures compliance with Australian safety regulations and minimizes the risk of serious injuries or fatalities while working at heights.

• Fall from height – serious injury or fatality
• EWP tip-over due to ground instability or overloading – serious injury or fatality
• Contact with overhead electrical lines – electrocution and fatality
• Struck by falling objects from the platform – serious injury
• Entrapment between platform and overhead structure – crush injury
• Platform or boom structural failure – fall, serious injury or fatality
• Wind loading causing instability – loss of control
• Ground collapse under outriggers – tip-over

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) and applicable state/territory WHS legislation
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (Cth) – Part 5.1 High Risk Work Licences
• AS/NZS 1891.1 – Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Harnesses
• AS 2550.10 – Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – Mobile elevating work platforms
• Safe Work Australia – Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace (2024)
• Safe Work Australia – Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces (2022)
• Site SWMS for Work at Height
• EWP Pre-Start Checklist (associated document)