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PLATFORM OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

For PLATFORM-fitted lift trucks

Installation of the platform on the lift truck is only possible if the shields “operating the platform” of the lift truck and the platform are identical (see: 2
- DESCRIPTION: OPERATING THE PLATFORM).

A - AUTHORISATION FOR USE

- Operation of the platform requires fur ther authorisation in addition to that of the lift truck.

B - SUITABILITY OF THE TRUCK FOR USE

- MANITOU has ensured that this lift truck is suitable for use under the standard operating conditions defined in this operator’s

manual, with a

STATIC test coefficient of 1.25

and a

DYNAMIC test coefficient of 1.1

, as specified in harmonised standard

EN 280

for “mobile elevating work platforms”.

- Before commissioning, the company manager must make sure that the platform is appropriate for the work to be done, and

per form cer tain tests (in accordance with current legislation).

C - PRECAUTIONS WHEN USING THE PLATFORM

- Wear clothes suited for operating the platform, avoid loose clothes.
- Never operate the platform when hands or feet are wet or soiled with greasy substances.
- Always pay attention when using the platform. Do not listen to the radio or music using headphones or earphones.
- For increased comfor t, adopt the correct position at the platform’s operator station.
- The platform’s guard rail exempts the operator from wearing a safety harness under normal operating conditions. As a result, you

are responsible deciding whether to wear a safety harness.

- The controls must not be used for any other than their intended purpose (e.g. getting in and out of the lift truck, coat hanger etc.).
- Safety helmets must be worn.
- The operator must always be in the normal operator’s position. It is prohibited to have arms or legs, or generally any par t of the

body, protruding from the basket.

- Ensure that any materials loaded onto the platform (pipes, cables, containers, etc.) cannot fall out. Do not pile these materials

to the point where it is necessar y to step over them.

D - USING THE PLATFORM

- However experienced they may be, operators must acquaint themselves with the emplacement and operation of all control

instruments prior to operating the platform.

- Check before operating that the platform has been correctly assembled and locked onto the lift truck.
- Check before operating the platform that the access gate has been properly locked.
- The platform should be operated in an area free of any obstructions or danger when it is lowered to the ground.
- The operator using the platform must be aided on the ground by a person with adequate training.
- You should stay within the limits set out in the platform load char t.
- The lateral stresses are limited pressure (see: 2 - DESCRIPTION: CHARACTERISTICS).
- It is strictly forbidden to hand a load from the platform or the lift truck jib without a specially designed attachment (see: INSTRUCTIONS

FOR HANDLING A LOAD: H - TAKING UP AND LAYING DOWN A SUSPENDED LOAD).

- The platform cannot be used as a crane or a lift for permanently transpor ting people or materials, nor as jacks or suppor ts.
- The lift truck must not be moved with one (or more) person(s) in the platform.
- It is forbidden to transport people on the platform using the hydraulic controls in the lift truck’s driver’s cab (except in case of rescue).
- The operator must not get in or out of the platform when it is not on ground level (jib retracted and in the down position).
- The platform must not be fitted with attachments that increase the unit’s wind load.
- Do not use ladders or improvised structures in the platform to gain extra height.
- Do not climb onto the sides of the platform to gain extra height.

E - ENVIRONMENT

Operating the platform close to electricity cables is forbidden. Maintain the specified
safe distances.

NOMINAL VOLTAGE

DISTANCE ABOVE THE

GROUND OR THE FLOOR

IN METRES

50 < U < 1000

2,30 M

1000 < U < 30000

2,50 M

30000 < U < 45000

2,60 M