Rough-terrain scissor lift outriggers will not set or keep sinking
Stop if the outriggers/stabilizers will not set solid. Check ground conditions, keep clear of trenches/vault lids/soft fill, and get approved pads, mats, cribbing, or a different location before raising.
Do not set outriggers over trenches, soft mud, hollow vault lids, loose fill, stacked scrap, random plywood, or anything that can crush or slide.
Check
Keep the platform down and stay out of the crush/pinch zone.
Check each outrigger foot for soft mud, loose gravel, hollow lids, trench edges, voids, slope, or debris.
Use only approved pads, mats, cribbing, or blocking directed by the site/foreman/manufacturer.
Reposition to firm ground or asphalt/concrete if needed.
Hold/tag the lift if a pad cracks, bends, sinks, or the machine will not level.
Steps
Keep the platform down and stay out of the crush/pinch zone.
Check each outrigger foot for soft mud, loose gravel, hollow lids, trench edges, voids, slope, or debris.
Use only approved pads, mats, cribbing, or blocking directed by the site/foreman/manufacturer.
Reposition to firm ground or asphalt/concrete if needed.
Hold/tag the lift if a pad cracks, bends, sinks, or the machine will not level.
Say this to your foreman
The RT scissor lift outriggers keep sinking by [location]. Can we get approved timber mats/pads from the GC, or do you want the lift moved to firmer ground?