Aerial lift with removable control console, comprising a protection device for preventing the operator from being crushed

An aerial work platform, comprising:

• a working platform comprising a floor and a guardrail;
• a lifting mechanism coupled to the working platform and adapted to move the working platform in height;
• a control panel adapted to control the lifting mechanism;
• and
• a protection device adapted to protect an operator on board the working platform from being crushed against at least one of the guardrail and the control panel;
• the protection device comprising:
• a bar mounted on the working platform so as to be adjacent to a section of the guardrail;
• and
• a mounting system provided for removably mounting the control panel thereto so as to hold it in place on board the working platform in a predefined mounting position which is adjacent to said section of the guardrail and adjacent to the bar,
• wherein:
• the bar is configured and mounted on the working platform such that, when the control panel is mounted to the mounting system, the bar is held in a holding position in the vicinity of at least one of the control panel and said section of the guardrail with the possibility to move towards the control panel, respectively towards said section of the guardrail, and
• the protection device further comprises at least one sensor adapted to detect whether the bar is pushed towards the control panel or towards said section of the guardrail respectively.