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How to Stay Compliant When Using Cherry Pickers on Site or Road
Using cherry pickers or mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs), comes with strict safety and legal responsibilities. Whether you’re operating on a…
Cherry PickerInsurance
Cherry Picker Insurance
Specialist cover for MEWPs and access platforms, boom lifts, scissor lifts, van mounts and spider lifts, owned or hired in.
Specialist cover for MEWPs and access platforms, boom lifts, scissor lifts, van mounts and spider lifts, owned or hired in.
MEWPs & scissor lifts6-month LOLERHired-in units
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What is cherry picker insurance?
Cherry picker insurance is plant cover for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). It protects the machine against theft, accidental damage and fire, on site, in storage and in transit. Road risks for van-mounted platforms can be arranged, and public liability for injury or damage you cause while working is arranged separately.
Because a MEWP lifts people, it carries stricter inspection duties and higher liability risk than most plant.
Your cherry picker insurance depends on:
Type of platform and working heightOwned, financed or hired inWhere machines work and are storedRoad use between jobsOperator training recordsNumber of machines
Cover for every kind of access platform
Boom lifts, scissor lifts, van mounts and spider lifts can all be insured on one plant policy.
Boom lift
Scissor lift
Van mount
Spider lift
Truck Mount
Different machines. The same working-at-height risks.
Which cherry picker cover do you need?
What you need depends on whether the machine travels on the road, who operates it and where it works.
Who operates your platforms?
Insurers will ask who uses the machine and what training they hold.
LOLER: what MEWP owners must do
Because MEWPs lift people, LOLER requires a thorough examination by a competent person at least every 6 months, not the 12 months that applies to most other lifting machines.
What insurers and inspectors look for:
Thorough examination every 6 monthsReports kept and defects acted onNon-fitted lifting accessories examined tooOperators trained on the machine typeRescue plan for working at heightPre-use checks recorded
When things go wrong, we’re here to help
We’ll guide you through a plant claim, from the first call to getting the machine back to work.
How to insure a cherry picker
How to insure a cherry picker
Tell us what you run, where it works and who operates it.
Tell us what you run, where it works and who operates it.
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Tell us about your machines
Type, working height, value and whether they’re van mounted.
2
Speak to an adviser
We’ll check sites, storage, road use and operator training.
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Compare your options
We search specialist plant and access insurers.
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Get covered on site
Choose your policy and receive your documents the same day.
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From everyday business insurance to complex specialist cover, our customers trust Insurance Revolution to find the right protection and provide expert support when it matters.
From everyday business insurance to complex specialist cover, our customers trust Insurance Revolution to find the right protection and provide expert support when it matters.
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Cherry picker insurance FAQs
Cherry picker insurance FAQs
Straight answers on MEWP cover, cost, inspections and road use.
Straight answers on MEWP cover, cost, inspections and road use.
Cherry picker insurance covers a mobile elevating work platform against theft, accidental damage and loss, whether you own the machine or hire it in. Liability for injury or damage caused while working at height is covered separately.
Still not sure what cover you need?
Our plant specialists can match cover to the platforms you run.
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