Correct sized jack / stand for the task selected and inspected for defects and build-up.Machine Isolated accordance with standard operating procedure for Isolation and tagging.Equipment must be parked fundamentally stable on a hard and flat surface, with the park brake on, and wheels chocked for rubber-tyred vehicles.
Jacking activities and equipment comply with the following: Jacking equipment and activities are designed, implemented, maintained and operated in accordance with legislative, and W.C. This should include control of the operational area and drop zone to restrict access of personnel during a lifting operation.Ĭontrols may include the use of spotters, barricades or other suitable measures. The area also includes external obstacles such as swing or overhead clearance from power lines, buildings and any other objects.ĭuring initial lift planning, management of the operational area must be considered to identify possible risks and to identify appropriate control measures. This includes areas such as mobile crane access paths, mobile crane turning areas, slew crane swing area and drop zones. The lift operational area is the entire area affected by the lifting operation. Rigging including ropes, slings chains, restraining devices. multiple cranes), transferring loads to other lifting devices, overhead cranes. fixed or mobile cranes, forklifts), loads on stands, loading or unloading trucks, loads being transported, jacking loads into place, complicated lifts (e.g. May include loads lifted by mechanical means (e.g. Scope is limited to single fatality scenarios, including suspended loads and swinging loads.