Your production capabilities rely heavily on safe
lifting practices using your Mobile Crane. Equipment
down time due to misuse or abuse can run into hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Accidents and injuries can
bankrupt companies, not to mention result in unmeasurable
grief. This course is designed to assist operators,
inspectors, mechanics, riggers, and supervisory personnel
recognize unsafe mobile crane practices. This class
includes two days of mobile crane safety information
plus a full day of rigging safety.
During
this study the student will learn:
- Compliance with State & Federal OSHA Requirements
- Nomenclature & Selection of Equipment
- Operational Limitations of Equipment
- Pre-Operational Inspection
- Overview of Wire Rope
- Accidents Causes & Preventions
- Correct Use of Hand Signals
- Handling the Load
- Safe Rigging Practices
- Determining Effective Sling Loads & Stresses,
Center of Gravity & Establishing Load Weights
- Information Documented on Operator Proficiency,
Inspection, and Condition Reports