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The Operation Of A Crane Or Hoist Without Clear Sightlines Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips or falls
- Falling objects
- 2. Safety Briefing
- Misunderstood instructions
- Lack of hazard understanding
- 3. Pre-operational Inspection
- Electric Shock
- machinery failure
- 4. Setup Crane/Hoist
- Incorrect setup
- Overloaded hoist
- 5. Load Lifting
- Unbalanced load
- Load swings
- 6. Moving the load
- Hit or crush incidents
- Obstructions in path
- 7. Picking up a load
- Unsecured loads
- Inadequate lifting capacity
- 8. Trajectory Plan
- People in the line of fire
- Equipment in the trajectory
- 9. Lowering a load
- Damage to load on release
- Loss of load control
- 10. Crane/Hoist operation without sightlines
- Collision with other equipment
- Inadequate communication
- 11. Communication and signalling
- Inadequate signal methods
- Misinterpretation of signals
- 12. Routine inspection
- Overlooking faults
- Lack of maintenance awareness
- 13. Load Assessment
- Incorrect weight calculation
- Improperly secured load
- 14. Receiving and releasing loads
- Failure to disconnect load
- Drop load incident
- 15. Tidy up and secure
- Unremoved hazards
- Incorrect storage of equipment
- 16. Documentation and review
- Incomplete records
- Lack of ongoing risk management
- 17. Emergency procedures
- Non-compliance with emergency procedures
- Fire or explosion risk
- 18. Site clean up
- Trip hazards
- incorrect waste disposal
- 19. Decommissioning
- Crane malfunction
- Improper shutdown
- 20. Debriefing
- Incorrect or missing feedback
- Misunderstood instructions