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MEWP rescue plan
Form · Before the work starts, and when it changes
How someone would be rescued from a MEWP platform (someone ill, trapped or the machine failed at height) quickly and safely, planned before the work starts: who does it, with what, and how the emergency services would be called.
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The law and guidance behind it
- Work at Height Regulations 2005, Regulation 4 (planning, including for emergencies and rescue)
- HSE, Preventing trapping injuries when using MEWPs
The questions
The work
- The work at height
- Where
- Equipment used
The rescue
- How a person would be brought down (ground controls, a second MEWP, a rescue kit)
- Who is trained to do it and is on site whenever the work is going on
- Rescue equipment and where it is kept
- How quickly they would be reached (suspension can harm within minutes)
- How the emergency services are called, and the site's address for them
- The rescue has been practised or talked through with the team
Sign-off
- Planned by
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.
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