Chains don't seem important until you witness someone step too far back while looking up and fall out of the lift. Get in the habit of putting it on. It will save your employer an afternoon with OSHA and it may save your life.
I work at a religious place and they got a scissor Jack like that but it's got a remote control. He should have walked that down with a remote control. He's lucky he didn't lose control and that tipped over on it. He could have got very hurt. I don't think that's a good idea to drive that down an incline like that. He should have walked on the side of a with a remote control of it has it. Thank you. More safer people should think are safety when they operate a machine.
Totally agree, however some saftey regulations refer to a scissor lift as technically being a " rolling scaffold " and a fall harness is not required. Lot of petroleum based refineries and and such down here on the Gulf Coast. Not everyone adheres to the same saftey regulations
To all non-believers.......dont trust your scissors lift on inclines. I tried to take a scissors lift down a loading ramp to be picked up by the rental company years ago and found out that its brakes werent working correctly about halfway down. I almost flipped it over. I have worked with aerial lifts all my life and inclines and lifts dont play well with eachother. Getting thrown forward/backward/ejected is also possible. be careful
I wouldnt actually refer to that as a fail. He drove down a steep, slippery incline and the brakes managed to hold the machine back. Sketchy, but good recovery
