This European standard aims to ensure the safety of all types and sizes of Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP). BS EN 280-1 is a revision that incorporates significant technical changes, bringing the standard up to date. BS EN 280-2 is used in conjunction with EN 280‑1:2022, specifies the additional safety requirements for MEWPs of Type 1 Group B equipped with a load lifting appliance. The load-lifting appliance is designed for lifting suspended loads only as part of the task being carried out by personnel from the work platform.
MEWPS are used most frequently in building construction and maintenance, telecommunications, tree surgery, highways maintenance, sign erection, and film and TV programme production.
BS EN 280-1 and BS EN 280-2 on mobile elevating work platforms is for anyone responsible for the safe design, manufacturing and operation of MEWPs including:
The benefits of BS EN 280-1 on mobile elevating work platforms include:
BS EN 280-2 deals with the additional hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to load lifting appliances either on the extending lifting structure or on the work platform, when the MEWP and load lifting appliance are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer of the MEWP.