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1926.1431(f) Personnel Platform Loading
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The personnel platform must not be loaded in excess of its rated capacity.
Personnel platforms must be used only for employees, their tools, and the materials necessary to do their work. Platforms must not be used to hoist materials or tools when not hoisting personnel.
Materials and tools to be used during the lift, if secured and distributed in accordance with paragraph (f)(3) of this section may be in the platform for trial lifts.
Evenly distributed within the confines of the platform while it is suspended.
The number of employees occupying the personnel platform must not exceed the maximum number the platform was designed to hold or the number required to perform the work, whichever is less.
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