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Are Guardrails Keeping Your Workers Safe on Scissor Lifts?

Scissor lifts have become a popular tool for employees working at lower heights, and guardrails have become the standard method to protect those workers from falls. However, even with guardrails, your workers still could be at risk.

Feb. 07, 2013

According to the American National Safety Institute, guardrails are considered an acceptable form of fall protection. But guardrails, Capital Safety's Rick Argudin explains, do not completely eliminate the possibility of a fall from a scissor lift.

In an article for sister publication EHS Today, Argudin discusses an alternative to guardrails: fall-arrest systems.

For more, read "The Scissor-Lift Dilemma: Guardrails vs. Fall-Arrest Systems."

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