Safety Training

Corporate lifting and rigging training requires careful planning to ensure the right personnel receive appropriate instruction without disrupting site operations. Factors such as job responsibilities, batch size, training duration, delivery methods and equipment availability influence how effectively the programme can [...]

A heavy lift would depend completely on some steel links, webbing, or chains connecting the crane and the cargo together. In case of breakage of the hoist line, a bent pin in the shackle, or torn straps during a lift, [...]

Lifting Supervisor: Roles, Responsibilities and How to Become One Lift supervisor, who may be alternatively known as lift director or rigging supervisor, is the safety officer accountable for supervision of the lifting operations at industrial/construction sites. It is the duty [...]

A lift plan is a documented procedure with an explanation of how a load will be lifted, moved and placed in a safe manner using a crane or other lifting equipment. It identifies the load characteristics, equipment requirements, lifting arrangement, [...]

Safe operation of mobile cranes is possible if one adheres to three fundamental principles, such as proper interpretation of load charts, full extension and pinning of outriggers, and sufficient bearing capacity of the ground where each support pad contacts. More [...]

Safety of sling angles boils down to a field guideline, which states that the wider your slings spread, the more secret weight you have to lift with your equipment. So even with a 3-ton load, if you lift it using [...]

Rigger course includes training in technical aspects and safety aspects of hoisting, balancing, stabilization, and control of loads in operations conducted through cranes and hoists. Rigger training course guarantees the accurate calculation of loads, checking of tackle, identification of hazards, [...]

Cranes employ hand signals that involve physical movements used in directing the cranes’ operators. The standard hand signals reduce the chances of any misunderstandings arising from noise and crowd, leading to the risk of a dropped load, collisions, and harm [...]

Safety in forklifts is key in ensuring that serious injuries do not occur at workplaces. It is important to note that, unlike ordinary passenger cars, multi-ton forklifts have to lift very heavy loads while navigating tight spaces. It is only [...]

EOT crane safety depends on regular pre-use inspections, competent operators, correct load handling and timely maintenance. Electric Overhead Travelling (EOT) cranes are widely used in manufacturing plants, warehouses and fabrication workshops to move heavy loads, where equipment defects, overloading and [...]