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OSHA issued a new Safety and Health Injury Prevention Sheet to help protect workers against hazards posed during rigging operations in shipyards. SHIPS: Rigging provides both employers and workers with real-world hazard information and solutions.

Maximum Capacity Media (MCM) will take its Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) to Canada for a two-day educational, networking event and exhibition, October 12-13, 2011, Fantasyland Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta. Whether you work with mobile or overhead cranes, CRC Canada will provide opportunities to improve the management of crane operations before, during, and after the lift.

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…

A special condition arises when lifting a load whose pick points are not on the same elevation. In determining the slings and rigging hardware necessary for the lift, the rigging…

Some loads can be single point picked, and the rigging is selected based on suspended weight. Other times, a rigging task will require that we use a few steps to get…

Circle the best answer for each system which matches the illustrations at the right. Information: All winches have a maximum capacity of 2 tons. All single sheave rigging blocks are…

Identify the rigging method below which provides the best load control of the two hitch systems illustrated. Answers below. Happy trails to all my crane and rigging friends,
 Mike Parnell…

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Rig from the bottom up. Select the correct rigging for the load below using the Master Rigger’s Reference Card panels at the right. Answers can be found below. Happy trails…

Once in a while we are faced with a rigging challenge that requires us to go back to a² + b² = c² . To solve the following “tension” questions…