Safe Lifting

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SAFE LIFTING
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF RIGGER

• To Qualify as a slinger / Bansk man, the person
  should
• be medically and physically fit (have a
  good eye sight, hearing)
• Have been trained in the safe use of lifting
  equipment.
• Ability to select and use the lifting
  tackles as per load configuration.
• To be able to provide necessary signals for crane
  operators.
• To locate load in away, to ensure safety of load
  and working personnel.
• To understand his companies, rules and
  regulation, color coding and
• certification of lifting tackle.
• To be able to communicate with radio where the
  crane operator
• Is out of range.

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Definition of Rigging

• Rigging is part of the lifting operation which
  forms the link between the crane and the load.
• Safe working load (SWL) is the load that can
  safely be lifted provided your lifting equipment
  is in good condition and has three(3) items
  marked on it i.e.
• S.W.L. or WLL
• Identification No.
• Color code
• If does not have these (3) items marked on it,
  Change
  it for items that do have these (3) items
  marked on it.

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SLING MARKING
SWL
Identification No.
current Color code
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Hardware Application

• When the included angle is greater than 90 degree
  use a shackle to attach the sling legs to the
  hook.
• Hook Inspection
• Hook must be removed from service when any of the
  following conditions exist.
• Cracks, nicks or gouges
• Twist exceeding 10 from plane of unbent hook.
• Latch engagement, damage or malfunction.
• Throat opening exceeding 15.
• Wear exceeding 10 of original dimension.
• Damage from heat.
• Unauthorized repairs.

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Hitches
1 ? 2
1 ? 1
1 ? 0.75
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Safety Precautions

• Check the sling before use, if any damage don't
  use.
• Higher elevation rigger should wear safety
  harness.
• Objects lifting time use tagline to avoid rotate
  the objects.
• Use proper type of slings, size of slings for the
  objects.

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Shackle Application

• Shackle Application
• Never replace a shackle pin with a bolt. the
  strength of an ordinary bolt is much less than
  that of a shackle pin.
• Hardware Shackles Inspection
• Absence of capacity or identifying marks.
• Bent or distorted pin and/ or body.
• Nicks, gouges or cracks.
• Heat or chemical damage.
• Body spread.
• Reduction in diameter of pin and/ or body
  greater than 10 .

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Sling Inspection

• Rigging equipment shall not be loaded in excess
  of its indicated recommended safe load, and shall
  be inspected prior to each lifting operation. In
  case of wire slings, the working load shall be
  based on the size and load chart, as marking is
  not practical.

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Inspections shall be carried out for every
lifting device or accessory before use. In
addition, yearly inspection and load test shall
be carried out by a competent inspection
agency. Wire ropes used for slinging will not be
used with sling eye formed by knotting the wire
rope or the use of wire rope bolted clips.
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CRANE APPLICATION

• Wind speed for mobile crane,
• Maximum from 32 / 35 km/h

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• Thank you