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Identify hazards in your workplace

Identify hazards in your workplace

A hazard is something with the potential to cause damage. Risk is the probability that someone could be injured by the danger with an indication of the severity of damage can be. The law does not require you to eliminate all risks, but you are required to protect people as far as ‘reasonably practicable’.
The [...]

PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTION RIGGING WORK OPERATIONS

PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTION RIGGING WORK OPERATIONS

1.0 PURPOSE
This procedure defines the guidelines for preplanning and executing work operations related to construction hauling and lifting activities.
2.0 SCOPE
2.1 This procedure applies to AN and MMA Project. It encompasses all hauling and lifting work operations performed by project personnel including contractor and/or third party employees.
2.2 This procedure also provides the minimum standards for hauling [...]

DEFINITIONS of PROCEDURE FOR CRANES USE AND OPERATION

DEFINITIONS of PROCEDURE FOR CRANES USE AND OPERATION

DEFINITIONS
3.1 Testing and Inspection
The process by which cranes and lift equipment are inspected, tested and documented after they have been assembled for use at the project.
3.2 Operator Screening and Qualification The process of qualifying the operators in the operation of the cranes to be used at the project to comply with OWNER and all applicable [...]

Working on roofs is a high-risk activity

Working on roofs is a high-risk activity

Working on roofs is a high-risk activity because it work at height. Roofers account for 24% of all workers who  are killed in falls from height while at work. Falls through fragile materials, such as roof lights and asbestos cement roofing  sheets, account for more of these deaths than any other single  cause. There are [...]

Struck-By Vehicles

Struck-By Vehicles

If vehicle safety practices are not observed at your site, you risk being pinned between construction vehicles and walls, struck by swinging backhoes, crushed beneath overturned vehicles, you risk being struck by trucks or cars.
How Do I Avoid Hazards?
# Check vehicles before each shift to ensure that all parts and accessories are [...]

Lack of Ground-Fault Protection

Lack of Ground-Fault Protection

Due to the dynamic, rugged nature of construction work, normal use of electrical equipment at your site causes wear and tear that results in insulation breaks, short-circuits, and exposed wires [for [...]

scope of PROCEDURE FOR CRANES USE AND OPERATION

scope of PROCEDURE FOR CRANES USE AND OPERATION

This procedure applies to xxx project, including EPC or C contractors and/or third party cranes and lift equipment rentals. Specifically, it includes but is not limited to the use and operation of the following forms of lifting equipment:
- Conventional lattice boom crawler cranes
- Conventional lattice boom truck cranes, (friction / hydraulic)
- Rough terrain, carry decks, [...]

PURPOSE of PROCEDURE FOR CRANES USE AND OPERATION

PURPOSE of PROCEDURE FOR CRANES USE AND OPERATION

This procedure describes the guideline for operation, inspection and maintenance of cranes and lift equipment on XXX Project, including EPC or C contractors and/or third party crane rentals. The intent of this procedure is to establish baseline requirements for every construction project. The baseline requirements addressed are as follows:
Planning
Crane selection & availability
Mobilization
Testing
Operator screening & qualification
Equipment [...]

METHOD STATEMENT FOR MAIN PIPE RACK INSTALLATION

METHOD STATEMENT FOR  MAIN PIPE RACK INSTALLATION

1.This method statement describes a work explanation of the method to  install steel structure ,Owner, to ensure  that during the entire execution stage  the work  is  done  in  line  with  good engineering  practices  and  is compliance with engineering standard practices , nation &  local codes.
2. Equipment  and material handling and lifting work shall be executed [...]

Physical Qualifications for Crane Operators & Operator Examiners

Physical Qualifications for Crane Operators & Operator Examiners

Crane operators, crane operator candidates, & operator examiners shall meet the following physical qualifications:
• Vision of at least 20/30 Snellen in one eye and 20/50 in the other with or without corrective
lenses.
• Ability to distinguish colors, regardless of position, if color differentiation is required.
• Adequate hearing, to meet operational demands, with or without hearing aid.
• [...]

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