Safety Precautions and Best Practices
It's important to comply with all crane and derrick best practices.
It's important to comply with all crane and derrick best practices.
Recommended safety precautions and best practices to protect employees from the hazards associated with operating cranes and derricks include:
Before Operation
- Check all crane controls to ensure proper operation before use.
- Inspect wire rope, chains and hook for any damage.
- Know the weight of the load that the crane is to lift.
- Ensure that the load does not exceed the crane's rated capacity.
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- Fully extend outriggers.
- Barricade accessible areas within the crane's swing radius.
- Check all rigging prior to use.
- Do not wrap hoist ropes or chains around the load.
- A competent person must inspect slings and all fastenings and attachments for damage or defects.
- Verify cranes and derricks will not be operating within 10 feet of any electrical power line.
- Post illustrations of hand signals to crane and derrick operators on the job site.
- Test and correctly set overload limits.
- Perform and maintain initial and annual inspections of all hoisting and rigging equipment.
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