{"id":2564,"date":"2021-02-08T17:57:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2021-02-08T17:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:27:54","slug":"why-boom-lifts-for-working-at-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/why-boom-lifts-for-working-at-height\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Boom lifts for working at height?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/boom-lift.html\">boom lift<\/a> is essentially a type of aerial work platform used by personnel to reach high places. A basic boom lift consists of a <strong>platform, or bucket, with a long, jointed crane run by a hydraulic lift <\/strong>system and attached to a grounded base. The Boom lifts are used for major areas in Industries and construction sites.\u00a0 Boom lift, also called a man lift or cherry picker, is a type of<strong> lifting equipment<\/strong>. It replaces rickety ladders or ladders that can&#8217;t reach high enough to get the job done. Depending on the boom type \u2013 straight or articulating \u2013 <strong>it can be used to manoeuvre obstacles and round corners. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/boom-lift.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/articulated-booms-80-60.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1689\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> They are generally used for <strong>temporary, flexible access purposes such as maintenance and construction<\/strong> work or by fire-fighters for emergency access, which distinguishes them from permanent access equipment such as elevators. They are designed to lift limited weights, usually less than a ton, although some have a higher safe working load. Based on the customer need for operation they are classified as below  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> <strong>Articulating Boom Lift (Battery) <\/strong><\/li><li><strong> Articulating Boom Lift (Diesel) <\/strong><\/li><li><strong> Telescopic Boom lift <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety Practices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The <strong>operator must be trained and qualified<\/strong> on how to safely operate the equipment and must be familiar with that specific model. Workers must enter or exit the platform only through the sliding mid-rail entry or gate provided and should never climb over the platform guardrails. At the end of the day, if employees follow procedural guidelines and best practices, transferring from a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/\"> boom lift <\/a>to a structure could present fewer risks than utilizing a ladder to access the location. The operator must be trained and qualified on how to operate the devices<strong> safely and be familiar with that particular model.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A boom lift is essentially a type of aerial work platform used by personnel to reach high places. A basic boom lift consists of a platform, or bucket, with a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,640],"tags":[10,219,15,16,361,567,221,222,223,243,241,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sendhamarai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}