GENERAL SAFETY RULES
Before You Start
1. Familiarise yourself with these instrucons paying aenon to these safety notes before you use the equipment supplied.
Towers may only be assembled and dismantled by a COMPETENT person familiar with these instrucons.
2. User training courses cannot be a substute for instrucon manuals but only compliment them.
3. This product shall only be used according to the instrucon manual.
4. Only original Euro Towers components specied in this manual shall be used.
5. It is recommended that this user manual be used in conjuncon with a suitable risk assessment and method statement
relave to the project.
6. This instrucon manual shall be available to the USER at ALL mes. Erecon, alteraon or dismantle of the tower should not
be aempted unless the manual is present.
7. This mobile access and working tower shall only be used according to this manual without any modicaon.
8. Mobile access and working towers shall only be used in accordance with naonal regulaons.
9. You will require the following PPE and Tools to help avoid personal injury, Hard Hat, Safety Gloves, Safety Shoes/Boots, Hi Vis
vest/jacket and spirit level.
10. As part of your risk assessment do not begin to erect, move or dismantle your tower in excessive weather condions
including heavy rain, sleet or snow that can aect your an slip surfaces. Also avoid working in extreme heat and high winds.
11. Ensure you selected the correct plaorm height tower in relaon to the desired working height (usually 2m) to avoid over-
reaching and other unsafe pracces.
12. Inspect all individual components before use to ensure quanty, compability, any damages and all parts funcon correctly.
Damaged or incorrect components shall NOT be used.
13. Check the quanty of components supplied corresponds correctly to the king list of the tower height you are planning to
build. Do not start assembly if you do not have the correct number of components. Do not use any tower that has missing or
damaged parts or has not been properly assembled.
14. Erect an exclusion zone and place warning signs if applicable to your locaon of work.
15. It is recommended that a minimum of two person erect, alter and dismantle a tower but during the risk assessment addi-
onal person(s) may be required to perform the task safely.
Inspecon, Maintenance and transport
16. Regularly inspect the individual components to ensure that they are not damaged and funcon properly. Damaged compo-
nents shall be isolated, tagged and removed from use. They should be replaced and sent for repair or scrap.
17. Inspect all tube on frames, stabilisers and braces for dents, cuts and holes, damaged equipment should be isolated, tagged
and removed from use. Check all joints for cracked welds and that they are secure.
18. Inspect Brace Hooks, check the clicker is funconing correctly and the hook is not distorted from abuse. Check the brace is
not bent/dented.
19. Inspect Plaorm for damage to the decking and xings and that (if ed) trapdoor open and close freely and the hinge is
secure. Check the aluminium framework for damage and for cracked welds that may be damaged due to overloading. Check
the hooks are not distorted from abuse and the wind lock clips are aached and funconing properly.
20. Inspect Stabiliser couplers ghten and can be loosened freely. Ensure rubber foot is securely ed and not worn out. Check
for adjusng pins on telescopic stabilisers are ed and secured
21. Inspect castors, checking that the wheel turns and spins freely, that the brakes engage and stops the castor from spinning.
Ensure the castor has no at spots and has a SWL.
22. Inspect the adjustable leg threads are clear of burrs and the nut runs freely up and down the thread. Check the nut housing
for abuse or missing nodules.
23. Light oil or lubricang spray may be used to free up jammed, clickers, castors, adjustable leg nuts, stabiliser couplers,
trapdoor hinges and latches.
24. Do not put excessive loads on the components during storage.
25. When transporng the components do not use excessive strapping forces when securing the load, this may distort and
damage components if not done with care.
Assembling and Dismantling
26. Check ground condions are suitable for erecng and moving the tower and the ground can take the loads imposed by
the tower including weight of equipment and persons. Do not assemble tower on unstable ground such as drain, manhole
covers, compacted ll or any other hazards highlighted during the risk assessment.
27. Check for level and slope of the area where the tower is to be erected, moved and dismantled is within the levelling height
of the adjustable legs.
28. Check for obstrucons that could prevent erecon, moving and dismantling of the tower safely.
29. Check for overhead hazards such as power lines. Do not assemble a tower near uninsulated, live or energised electrical
machinery or circuits, or near machinery or plant that is in operaon.
30. Ensure the Tower is level. Castor wheels should remain LOCKED unless moving the Tower. Adjustable legs are used for
levelling the Tower. NEVER use to gain addional height. Extra height is gained by using addional compable components.
Other items such as ladders, steps, boxes etc should never be used to gain addional height.
