Secondary Guarding
Secondary Guarding JMS Powered Access has always had a policy to purchase equipment for its access hire fleet with the very best and latest in safety specification. In recent years, every boom lift we ’ ve purchased has been factory fitted with Secondary Guarding as standard. What is Secondary Guarding? Secondary Guarding is a generic term used for the devices that protect the operator of boom lift platforms from potential injury from overhead obstacles.
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) describe Secondary Guarding as:
A secondary guarding device is a piece of equipment which can be fitted to a Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) in addition to the primary guarding systems and is intended to further reduce the risk of entrapment and / or provide an alert that an entrapment situation has occurred. When activated, some secondary guarding options will stop the functions of the machine, protecting the operator from injury. There are two main design types of secondary guarding device currently available. These are:
Pressure sensing device(s)
Physical barrier(s)
See our website for further information on Secondary Guarding options or call 0845 457 0000
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