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SECTION 1
SAFETY
Transportation Safety (cont’d)
Lifting
Hazards of using lifting equipment
The hazards: associated with the use of lifting equipment in construction are:
• Hazards related to the loads, e.g. crushing due to impact of moving objects or loads falling from vehicles because they
are not slinged properly or the wrong type of slings were used.
• Hazards from moving vehicles or collapsing structures [Safety | Workplace transport | In house transport and handling],
i.e. cranes falling over because of improper fixation or strong wind, unsafe loads, loads exceeding the safe weight limits,
trapping/crushing risk in the use of MEWPs (Mobile Elevated Work Platforms) while working at height, falling from height ,
limbs or bodies caught in machinery
• Falling from lifting platforms or being crushed when the platform moves
• Musculoskeletal hazards related to force exertions, poor working postures and/or repetitive work
• Hazards related to poor environment that may interfere with communication between workers or concentration needed
for the task (noise) or cause sweaty, slippery objects (heat, poor ventilation)
• Contact with overhead electrical cables.
Possible causes of these hazards may be: poor mechanical design (breaks in use, not powerful enough, components
fracture or malfunction), poor workplace design, malfunction of the (manual, mechanical, electronic) signaling system, not
using the proper equipment for the purpose or misuse (not using as designed, e.g. the load was too heavy), loads insecurely
attached, poor maintenance (breaks or emits noxious gases) or untidy workplace, human error when operating machines
or erecting scaffolding.
Requirements for lifting equipment
The employer shall ensure that lifting equipment provided for use at work is safe, i.e. that it is:
• sufficiently strong, stable and suitable for the proposed use. Similarly, the load and anything attached (e.g. timber pallets,
lifting points) must be suitable
• positioned or installed to prevent the risk of injury, e.g. from the equipment or the load falling or striking people
• visibly marked with any appropriate information to be taken into account for its safe use, e.g. safe working loads. Acces -
sories, e.g. slings, clamps etc., should be similarly marked
• where equipment is used for lifting people it is marked accordingly, and it should be safe for such a purpose, e.g. all
necessary precautions have been taken to eliminate or reduce any risk.