Safety Guides

FISA Safety Guides are listed below and are all downloadable for printing direct.
They are numbered in the same format as the previous AFAG Safety Guides.

FISA Technical Notes can be found here.

100s - Establishment 200s - Maintenance 300s - Chainsaw Use
500s - Extraction 600s - Processing 700s - Vehicles
800s - General Safety    

 

Categories: Safety Alerts

MEWP Catastrophic Failure

External Safety Alert

Shared by Scottish Woodlands.

A catastrophic failure of a JLG450A Cherry Picker has occurred. The MEWP was hired from a well known national hire company and all procedures including the pre use checks had been followed. The operator was trained and competent. The platform dropped catastrophically from a height of over 6 metres violently throwing the harnessed operator against the shrouded controls. Injury was bruising to the rib cage.

ACTION NOW REQUIRED – ALL SITES WITH MEWPS – Cherry Picker & Scissor Lifts
• Ensure that the operator manual or guide for pre-use checks is available
• Ensure all pre-use checks are followed paying attention to hydraulics and welds
• Suspend use and call out the hirer engineer/fitter if any doubt
• Brief this Safety Alert to all MEWP operators going forward

Documents to download

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Additional information

Aerial tree work guides from Arboricultural Association can be found here

A couple of AFAG guides can be found here

Bulk purchase of some of the FISA guides is available - please email technical@ukfisa.com for more detail.