Safety

Answers to the problem can be found below.  Here is the “Rigging with Incline Planes” article reprinted if you missed it. When towing or pulling a load up an incline…

When towing or pulling a load up an incline the effort increases with the slope. Here are three key points that the rigging crew should address to ensure a successful…

If working with cranes is an essential focus of your business then you will be fully aware that if your crane stops working your business effectively stops as well. A Crane is a piece of machinery and like most machinery it has the potential to be upgraded (modernized), this maximizes your cranes performance and improves reliability and durability on many levels.

Remember when we were kids and our parents and teachers taught us a little safety information about crossing a street? They said look left, then right, and then left again.…

Got a gantry or overhead crane? Let’s review three small steps that can help reduce risk to personnel and the cranes. 1) Paint a continuous stripe on the floor (likely…

In ASME B30.26-2010 Rigging Hardware volume, we recently added LID’s (load indicating devices) as the new Chapter 6. These are detachable weighing devices; generally known as dynamometers, crane scales or…

Deciding how to rig a load is an important step to achieving load control. An important factor to also consider is that the sling’s capacity can vary greatly depending on…

Estimating a load’s approximate weight is always an important part of any rigger’s checklist and must be done before choosing the rigging system. Have some fun and calculate the approximate…

The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) and Equipment Training Solutions, LLC (ETS) have rolled out a comprehensive Rigger Safety Training Course. The course closely follows American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B30.9, B30.10, B30.23, B30.26, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 1910.184 and 1926.251, and various industry publications. An easy-to-use, interactive CD-ROM incorporates:

Two fact sheets have recently been posted to the OSHA Web site to provide assistance complying with Subpart CC of the cranes and derricks in construction final rule. The cranes-qualified-rigger-factsheet* fact sheet is a guide for determining if a worker is qualified to properly rig the load for a particular job.