Man & Safety Cages
Forklift safety cages are platforms used to lift a warehouse employee or employees to high-access areas to perform an occasional or short-duration task.
They are also referred to as a man cage, a man basket or a forklift working platform. The purpose is narrow and deliberate: short-duration work at height where installing permanent access equipment is not warranted.
Correct selection matters — the cage must suit the truck, the task and the operating procedure around it. We can advise on the right configuration for your fleet and application.
Also known as: Man cage · Man basket · Forklift work platform · Access cage
- Use case
- Short-duration access
- Also known as
- Man basket / platform
- Fitment
- Fork-mounted
Supplied across South Africa & Zambia
Man & Safety Cages is supplied from the Nelspruit head office and warehouse into South Africa and the southern territories, and through the Kitwe branch into Zambia, the Copperbelt and the southern DRC corridor. Johannesburg holds stock for Gauteng and Solwezi serves the North-Western province mines.
Man & Safety Cages — questions
- 01Is it legal to lift people on a forklift?
- Only in a platform designed, rated and guarded for personnel, on a suitable truck, under a written procedure. A pallet cage or a bin is not a substitute, and we will not quote one for that duty.
- 02When is a safety cage the right answer?
- For occasional, short-duration access — a light fitting, a valve, a stock check — where installing permanent access equipment or hiring a MEWP cannot be justified. Routine work at height needs proper access equipment.