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If you work around cranes, slings and rigging, it is your responsibility to be familiar with the tools and equipment and how to use them safely.
Few experiences may be as frightening as when a crane becomes unbalanced while a load is being lifted or when the crane collapses under the weight of an excessive load. An unbalanced load or crane collapse can cause death to the operator, other construction workers, can cause damage to property or equipment.
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Can you find all the words associated with heavy machinery and equipment?
A train is a powerful machine that needs to be respected. Working around trains requires constant vigilance and attention to safety. This program is a great way to raise awareness and explain potential rail yard hazards to employees working in this environment, whether working atop trains, near tracks or any where near a train in your facility. One small mistake near a train can have grave consequences. This program is a great tool to help minimize this risk.
A train is a powerful machine that needs to be respected. Working around trains requires constant vigilance and attention to safety. This program is a great way to raise awareness and explain potential rail yard hazards to employees working in this environment, whether working atop trains, near tracks or any where near a train in your facility. One small mistake near a train can have grave consequences. This program is a great tool to help minimize this risk.
Share, review, and discuss these heavy equipment safety tips with your equipment operators to reduce the chances of an incident.
A 45-year-old owner of an electrical contracting company died after falling 9 feet to the road when the articulating boom of the aerial lift truck he was working from collapsed.
Materials handling is an essential task in any industry and covers everything from moving steel pipes by crane to manually hauling bags of concrete. Whatever your workers are moving or assembling, this common task also involves some of the most common costly injuries.
Are you considering the following heavy-equipment-related hazards and safe work practices in your heavy equipment policies and programs? Whether you’re creating a policy for the first time or reviewing and updating existing policies and procedures, use these recommendations as a guide for heavy equipment safety.
Every now and then you will come face-to-face with a new piece of equipment or new machine at work, or something slightly different from what we are trained on and used to using. The areas for potential problems will vary significantly with the equipment involved, but usually a few basic rules apply.
As end-dump truck bodies and/or semi-trailer dump rigs get longer, instability of the vehicle gets higher and higher. With high instability comes more of a chance of trucks tipping over. This risk is greater in semi-trailer rigs than in straight trucks due to the length of the semi-trailer rig.
Machines have all but replaced muscle power in modern industrial society. Forklifts are a prime example. Forklifts are utilized just about everywhere material needs to be moved.
The power of fluids is amazing. Hydraulic power is a form of stored energy that, when under control, does good work. When released unexpectedly, hydraulic power can damage you for life or even kill you.
Since it's your first time, you may want to checkout some of the video tutorials.
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