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"Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs) are commonly used across all industrial sectors by a whole variety of trades, including mechanical and electrical contractors, and painters and decorators, as a safe, temporary method of working at height. There is a large range of MEWPs on the market and their controls and functionality varies depending on the category, manufacturer, model and size of machine. As their popularity and range of applications has grown, concerns have emerged about trapping/crushing accidents involving MEWPs. This report identifies accidents involving MEWPs and analyses common factors found. The work has focused on MEWP occupants being trapped against overhead or adjacent objects whilst in the platform of the MEWP, particularly when the operator becomes trapped over the controls (sustained involuntary operation of control). Typically, this has occurred when the operator has been moving the MEWP within relatively confined areas."

"Ce guide non contraignant fournit des informations pratiques permettant de comprendre et de mettre en œuvre la directive 92/57/CEE concernant les prescriptions minimales de sécurité et de santé à mettre en œuvre sur les chantiers temporaires ou mobiles. En expliquant la directive et en proposant des suggestions et des exemples de bonnes pratiques, ce guide vise à aider toutes les parties évoluant sur les chantiers, notamment les clients, les superviseurs du projet, les maîtres d'œuvre, les maîtres d'ouvrage, les coordinateurs et autres employés, ouvriers, fournisseurs, à: - comprendre et mettre en œuvre les principes généraux de prévention (chapitre 1); - comprendre les prescriptions de sécurité et de santé de la directive, y compris leur champ d'application, les obligations et le rôle des parties prenantes, ainsi que la documentation requise (chapitre 2); - identifier les risques habituels auxquels sont soumises les personnes travaillant sur un chantier (chapitre 3); - gérer les risques tout au long des projets, de l'étape de la préparation à l'étape postérieure au chantier (chapitre 4); - résumer les obligations des parties prenantes par étapes (chapitre 5)."

"The aim of this study was to examine individual workers' cognitive, behavioral, and motivational processes leading up to occupational falls from heights. The study is based on 26 semistructured personal interviews and on-site investigations with male workers who reported to an emergency department for treatment of injuries due to falls from heights. A greater number of workers carrying out nonroutine compared to routine tasks perceived, identified, interpreted, and attempted to control a fall hazard. Two cases are presented illustrating how cognition and behavior in context progresses from a lesser to a greater active role in the incident processes. "

Work-related falls from roofs remain a significant problem for workers in the construction industry. Knowledge about the main causative or initiating factors leading to fall incidents is desperately needed for fall prevention intervention. From biomechanical and psychophysiological perspectives the majority of occupational falls, including falls from roofs, can be regarded as loss-of-balance incidents. The primary objective of this paper is to summarize the current knowledge from multiple fields about factors that are related to the control of balance during roofing work. An extensive literature review identified a number of environmental, task-related and personal factors that degrade the control of balance and could be associated with the initiation of falls from roofs. These factors include visual exposure to elevation; unstable visual cues and inadequate visual information in the work environment; 'confined' and inclined support surfaces; unexpected changes in roof surface properties; load handling; physical exertion; fatigue; task complexity that diverts workers' attention; individual differences; work experience and training; and personal protective equipment. Current measures to reduce falls from roofs focus mainly on fall protection procedures, such as the use of covers, guardrails, safety nets, and personal fall arrest systems, or the application of warning-line systems, safety monitoring systems, and fall protection plans. In many instances, these procedures are not practical for the industry and current regulations allow the use of alternative means of fall protection, such as slide guards. Future research on preventing falls from roofs should consider the main effects and interactions of the environmental, task-related and personal factors that affect the balance control of workers. Research-supported improvements in the visual and physical characteristics of the roof work environment, the construction materials and methods, and work procedures and practices may result in improved workers' balance control as well as overall safety performance, and would ultimately reduce incidents of falling from a roof.