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511 EM 385-1-1 Chapters 9-15
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14-3. Personnel Required Qualification/Training.

Safe Lifting

  • Train employees in proper and safe lifting techniques.

Conveyors

  • Provide training for personnel who adjust, maintain, or lubricate conveyors in operation on the associated hazards.

14-4. Roles and Responsibilities.

Registered Professional Engineer (RPE)

  • An RPE must design material hoist towers, masts, guy or braces, counterweights, drive machinery supports, sheave supports, platforms, supporting structures, and accessories.

Hoist Operator

  • While hoisting equipment is in operation, the operator must not perform other work and must constantly tend the controls until the load is safely landed or returned to ground level.

Competent Person (CP)

  • A CP must assess and document the size, weight, and potential fall height of debris, and select debris netting with adequate mesh size and strength to contain expected debris without penetration, ensuring proper support.

Qualified Person (QP)

  • A QP must conduct inspections of material hoists as specified.
  • A QP must oversee all storage, handling, and use of flammable liquids, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
  • A QP must manage the erection and dismantling of all hoist towers.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

14-2. Who must assess and document the size, weight, and potential fall height of debris, and select debris netting?

14-3. Personnel Required Qualification/Training.

14-4. Roles and Responsibilities.