This five day course is designed for those with responsibility
for mobile crane safety as well as overhead crane
safety, and rigging safety. Operators, riggers, supervisors,
and safety personnel will greatly benefit from the
information received. For a complete description,
please see the course descriptions for the individual
components Mobile Crane Safety, Rigging
Safety, and Overhead Crane Safety.
This class will delve into those areas of mobile,
and overhead crane, and rigging safety that could
result in accidents or litigation when ignored such
as shock and dynamic loading, overloading, improper
sling selection and installation as well as improper
use of lifting tackle.
During
this study the student will learn:
- Unsafe operating practices for mobile cranes
- Job site hazards (ex: powerlines)
- Unsafe operating practices for overhead cranes
- Lock out/Tag out procedures
- Unsafe rigging practices
- Use of load angle factors