Mandatory
Excavator Bucket Change Area
Mandatory - Must be applied at all locations
- During the changing of buckets and other quick hitch attachments there is a risk that buckets could fall and injure those nearby.
- Bucket change areas are to be established at all projects where bucket changing is required, and these must be:
- segregated around all sides by physical barriers (Heras/pedestrian barriers).
- signed to identify them as a bucket change area.
- located away from pedestrian routes and areas where people are working nearby.
- The machine is not permitted to leave the bucket change area until the operator has physically checked the quick hitch is fully engaged
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Pat Boyle
Managing Director
Construction