An average of twenty-six construction workers die every year due to aerial lift accidents – most caused by falls, electrocutions, and collapses or tip-overs. Compass Group offers Mechanical Elevating Work Platforms Safety training to help workers safely use, maintain, and operate lifts and prevent accidents.
The MEWP Safety Training course teaches workers the hazards associated with aerial lifts and the long list of regulations your company must abide by to achieve and maintain OSHA compliance.
Who should take an aerial lift training course?
Compass Group’s MEWP Safety Training course is designed for all employees who operate MEWP’s as part of their work scope, emphasizing hazard identification and safe work practices. The course covers hazard identification, avoidance, and control, along with practical information on safe work practices.
Specific topics covered in this course include:
- Introduction to aerial lift safety
- OSHA requirements
- Aerial lift fatalities and injuries
- Definitions
- Responsibilities
- Classification of hazards
- Operation on uneven surfaces
- Fall prevention and protection
- Overloading, overextension, and electrocution hazards
- Operation procedures in inclement weather
- Proper inspection guidelines
- General safety tips that apply to all operators of aerial lifts
Each participant who successfully completes the course aerial lift training will receive a certificate of completion and wallet card.