21.06.2013

AFI's anti-entrapment video

UK rental company AFI has produced an educational video aimed at contractors and operators, highlighting some of the risks they face when working at from a boom lift and how anti-entrapment devices can help protect them. The anti-entrapment device being demonstrated in this viedo is AFI’s SanctuaryZone Tier 1 device.

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One of the risks highlighted in the video is the dangers of working on a machine that is travelling on uneven ground. The video points out that a fully extended 26 metre boom elevated at 45 degrees travelling over a 100mm rise in the ground will raise the platform by more than a metre in just 1.23 seconds.
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AFI director Austin Baker said: “It’s critically important to point out that these figures have been worked out with the machine in a static, non moving position. If you take into account the movement by the machine, either through travel, lift or a combined factor, this could quicken the time to impact dramatically. Many people totally misunderstand the speed at which an incident can occur and the potential consequences to the operator.”

“This video will help main contractors, sub contractors and operators understand how a preventative approach to anti-entrapment should always be the first option. Hopefully at the very least this video will be used as a training option through toolbox talks, enabling managers and operators alike to better understand the potential for injury and plan their risk assessment and method statement accordingly.”