Trailer Boom Lift Operation (Including Pre-Operational Inspection and Shutdown Procedure)

The SWMS-EWP-006 Trailer Boom Lift document outlines essential safety protocols for operating trailer boom lifts, addressing various hazards including mechanical failures, tip-overs, and overhead service contacts. This document is crucial for workers and employers in the construction industry, ensuring compliance with WHS regulations and promoting safe operational practices. It helps safeguard personnel and minimizes the risk of accidents on-site.

• Mechanical / hydraulic failure; emergency descent fails
• Trailer Boom Lift tip-over from soft/sloped ground
• Powerline / overhead service contact during elevation
• Fall from platform / ejection from boom
• Platform overload; horizontal force tipping
• Sustained involuntary operation; entrapment between platform and structure
• Loss of control, fall
• Inadvertent movement; theft / unauthorised use
• Stranded operator; suspension trauma if harness deployed
• Trailer Boom Lift energised
• Soil/water contamination
• SWMS drift; rescue plan untested

• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• AS 2550.10
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• AS 2550.10
• AS 5804
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.7
• AS/NZS 3000
• AS/NZS 3012
• AS/NZS 3760
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• AS 2550.10
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• AS 2550.10
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.4
• AS/NZS 1891.1
• AS 2550.10
• AS 1657
• AS/NZS 1891.4
• WHS Reg 2017 Pt 4.7
• AS/NZS 3000
• AS/NZS 3012
• AS/NZS 3760
• AS 5804
• EPA Act
• AS 1940
• WHS Reg 2017 Sch 18 (HRCW)
• Code of Practice: Construction work