The gondola machine is widely used in different countries for ‘’working at height jobs’’ like painting, installing glass facades, external wall plastering etc. It improves work efficiency to a great extent and reduces labor intensity. This easy to use, efficient solution is widely used for the installation of billboards, decoration of silos and other tall structures. They can also be reused for other different jobs as well.
However, incidents and accidents involving gondola on construction sites have raised concern over site safety. It is the responsibility of the contractors and the supervisors to ensure construction workplace safety by stating these rules given below.
1. See to it that the workers are not allowed to use a gondola when they have abnormal fatigue or are drunk.
2. Before being allowed to operate a gondola, the operator must be trained well, made to obtain a valid certificate in the operation of hanging platforms. Make sure that the gondola is not operated without certified training personnel or the supervisor’s consent.
3. Operators should never be allowed to use plastic soled shoes, hard soled shoes, slippers or other slippery shoes. During the operation of the suspended cradle system, it should be strictly forbidden to use climbing tools like shelves, rails, ladders etc. in the suspended platform.
4. Two or more lifting baskets needs to be operated by more than two people. Never allow to carry out single lift operations.
5. Check that while working, the operators are wearing the safety helmets and safety belts. The automatic locks on the safety belts should also be buckled on the hanging life ropes that are firmly fixed on the building structures.
6. Operators should never climb in and out of the gondola in the air. They must go in and out of the gondola on the ground. Make sure to strictly forbid to climb from one hanging platform to another, while the machine is in the suspended state.
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