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Disagree. The lift is on a gimbal. If the wheels on one side of the lift are 1cm higher than the other, that would move the platform at the top by 8cm or something. If both guys are on one side of the platform that could be enough to make the whole thing tilt by another 1cm at the wheels, and so on.
That lift is not designed to be operated on a plastic barge.
That dock is not designed to carry equipment, certainly not an elevated platform, and is not designed to be operated as a barge.
IDK why there's so many commenters here rushing to defend this kind of practice. Working at height, on equipment not intended for that application is a hard no. Why would you work for an employer that would put you in that situation? This kind of "it's probably fine" risk assessment is just absurd.
What makes you say the dock isn't designed to carry equipment?
Show me me the specs. Note also that this dock is not fixed to pylons, so it's being used as a barge.
EZ Dock Floating Work Platforms
The manufacturer markets them for carrying equipment.
Huh.
I did actually look at their website but I didn't notice this section. Amongst their manuals this "floating work platform" doesn't get a mention, only their dock.
All of their manuals basically say "observe local safety regulations".
Honestly I feel silly looking this up because this whole set up is so absurd. Anyhow, here is western australia's relevant regulation and it says that Elevated Work Platforms should only be used on solid surfaces on pdf page 37:
Therefore, using an EWP on a barge is not an appropriate work safe practice.