4
USING THE ELCOSEAL lay-down equipment
Operation:
Sequence of Basic Job Steps
Hazards
Controls/Recommended Safe Work
Procedure
1
Ensure all lifting equipment is in sound
order and the chains are not twisted,
are of equal length and spacing on the
spreader beam.
Uneven lifting of the roll.
Ensure chains are free and equal.
2
Shackle spreader bar assembly onto
machine.
Incorrectly attached to plant/
equipment.
Check shackles before lifting.
3
Grease pole with WD40 or similar.
Careful handling of greasy pole.
Personnel to wear gloves
with extra grip.
4
Insert Pole manually into central core
of ELCOSEAL® roll.
Don’t look down core from other
end. Don’t use machinery to force
pole through core.
Keep away until pole protrudes.
5
Position spreader beam over, or
preferably grounded alongside the roll
to be lifted.
Wind or machine movement causing
the suspended frame to swing
around uncontrollably.
If roll needs to be suspended, then
ensure stability using guide ropes.
6
Attach end collars onto pole and
tighten locking nuts.
Not adequately tightening locking
nuts.
Check nuts.
7
Check chain attachment position
(eyelet) on frame to ensure chains
hang vertically when roll is suspended.
Chains angle outward (at top of
chain) tending to pull collars off the
end of the pole.
Check each roll as the core widths
(and hence position of the collar)
may vary slightly from roll to roll.
8
Raise machine arm.
Lifting too fast/tangle chains
Raise in a control manner with no
personnel to go under lifted roll.
Uncontrolled dispensing of
ELCOSEAL®.
Do not cut tape (around roll
diameter) and start dispensing until
roll is in position and grounded or in
a stable position over level.
9
Move roll into start position.
Roll/Frame jerking and swinging –
knocking someone over.
Keep personnel clear or use guide
ropes so personnel can minimise roll
swinging without standing beneath
or near the suspended roll.
10
Place roll in position.
Lowering onto personnel.
Roll must be positioned and
grounded.
11
Unroll at no faster than walking pace
by moving the plant in the required
direction. Avoid taking machinery over
previously deployed GCL.
Sliding of dispensed material across
the subgrade and ‘up-ending’
personnel following behind on
dispensed material.
Maintain exclusion zone.
Do not attempt to pull ELCOSEAL®
off the roll by hand as it is very
heavy.
Use equipment where possible.
12
Once roll is empty, remove from pole
from core by loosening collar. Pole
can remain in situ.
Removing pole with machine.
Manual operation only.
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