MEWP inspections / cert

[samsquatch]

Question about running a small business and keeping safe equipment in service.
When owning an aerial lift, does OSHA require you to inspect it annually? Are you given a certificate of inspection afterward that you paste to the machine?

If you're running a small shop and have no payroll - meaning I'm not telling an employee to use a particular machine as part of their employment - do you still need certified lifts?

In general, will insurance policies cover equipment that is not certified? Seems to me they shouldn't, but just asking because I don't know and I'm interested in buying my first bucket lift (standalone, not truck).

Cheers

 

[jefflovstrom]

annually, and yes, can probably insure it but will not cover it if inspected.
Jeff

 

[Jhenderson]

Question about running a small business and keeping safe equipment in service.
When owning an aerial lift, does OSHA require you to inspect it annually? Are you given a certificate of inspection afterward that you paste to the machine?

If you're running a small shop and have no payroll - meaning I'm not telling an employee to use a particular machine as part of their employment - do you still need certified lifts?

In general, will insurance policies cover equipment that is not certified? Seems to me they shouldn't, but just asking because I don't know and I'm interested in buying my first bucket lift (standalone, not truck).

Cheers

If you mean the employee is using your equipment it doesn’t matter whether or not you tell him which tool to use. Are they carrying their own liability insurance? Do they set their own hrs. and come and go when they want? Do they schedule the work? Do they supply their own equipment ( all of it) saws, ropes, climbing gear, fuel, transportation, safety gear, etc? If the answer is no to any of these questions, they are in fact an employee, not a contractor and you do in fact have a payroll. Have anything go wrong on the job, particularly a work related injury and watch how fast your world comes crashing down.