Equipment
- Remove defective rigging equipment from service.
- Do not load rigging equipment in excess of its recommended safe working load.
- Remove rigging equipment, when not in use, from the immediate work area so as not to present a hazard to employees.
Remove rigging equipment, when not in use, from the immediate work area.
- Mark custom-designed grabs, hooks, clamps, or other lifting accessories, for units such as modular panels, prefabricated structures, and similar materials, to indicate the safe working loads.
- Proof-test grabs, hooks, clamps, or other lifting accessories prior to use to 125 percent of their rated load. Included are alloy steel chain, wire rope, metal mesh, natural or synthetic fiber rope (conventional three strand construction), and synthetic web (nylon, polyester, and polypropylene).
For more information on all types of rigging equipment visit the Lift-It website. For more information on crane and derrick rigging see OSHAcademy Course 820, Crane and Derrick Safety I.
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6-7. Before operating a crane and the associated rigging what should you do?
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