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Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality Bulletin No 649

06 December 2018

MEWP Segregation / Barriers

Please see enclosed a safety alert regarding barriers around MEWPs that was shared with us by Artelia.

A safe working area must always be created around MEWPs, even on closed sites. The safe working
area is to protect persons on site from the moving machinery and from any objects that may fall from
the MEWP. This includes protecting any other contractors or workers on closed sites.

Never work so close to other contractors that you are unable to adequately segregate the work areas. If
you need to work close to others, talk to them to see if the work areas can be separated, or done at
different times. If you are unable to agree a safe work area / time separation with the contractor, contact
your line manager.

Ensure the barriers used to segregate the work area are sufficient, if you need additional barriers stop
and contact your line manager.

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