Lifting Equipment Safety Golden Rules
Lifting cranes are widely used for material handling in various industries. For the safety of the lifting equipment, the golden rules for lifting equipment safety are presented to prevent hoist and crane accidents.
Lifting Equipment Advantages
There are many advantages to have lifting equipment at a factory or in an industrial area.
- It will perform the job of many people reducing manual labour;
- It can also be speedier getting the job completed and more efficient.
- Since it is very cost effective, one can conclude that lifting equipment is here to stay, and there will be some advantages and disadvantages accompanying the equipment if it is not used properly.
While there are many types of lifting equipment available I will focus my attention on the electric hoist. In order to ensure the hoist lifting equipment safety, the following few suggestions are given for your reference.
Lifting Equipment Safety at Work
Golden Rules to prevent crane accidents, ensuring the lifting equipment safety
Lifting Equipment Safety Rule: HIGH-RISK SITUATIONS
- Do not start up or shut down equipment or installations without using the appropriate, written operating procedure.
- Do not start up or shut down equipment or installations without using the appropriate, written operating procedure.
- Workers must be encouraged to routinely report downgraded situations.
- Workers must be aware of and increase their vigilance in downgraded situations.
- Standby workers must support workers carrying out non-routine work.
Lifting Equipment Safety Rule: TRAFFIC: Machinery/Vehicles/Cyclists/Pedestrians
- Do not exceed the speed limit.
- Do not exceed the speed limit.
- Buckle your seat-belt.
- Do not use cell phones while driving.
- Do not drive, cycle or walk outside the authorized paths.
Lifting Equipment Safety Rule: PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
- Do not access installations or perform work without wearing general or task-specific PPE.
- Do not access installations or perform work without wearing general or task-specific PPE.
- The rules concerning PPE must be clearly defined and disseminated.
- Collective protective equipment must be in good condition, especially protective devices for machinery, gratings, and safety rails.
- Carefully inspect PPE.
Lifting Equipment Safety Rule: WORK PERMITS
- Do not perform work without a valid work permit.
- Do not perform work without a valid work permit.
- Perform checks before work commences to make sure there is no live energy (mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical, etc.).
- Monitor work whenever there is a risk of explosion or toxicity.
- A new permit must be issued if conditions or operating procedures change.
Lifting Equipment Safety Rule: LIFTING
- Do not walk or stand under a load while lifting is taking place.
- Do not walk or stand under a load while lifting is taking place.
- The lifting equipment and accessories must be inspected and in good working order.
- The load must be securely slung and properly bundled.
- The moving load must be controlled at all times.
Hoisting Equipment Offering of Dongqi
Various types of hoists are provided by Dongqi Group, the following list will give you a general introduction of Dongqi Hoists. Please contact us to select the right Hoists and lifting equipment for you application.
The electric chain hoists can be used to handle material with the lifting capacity of 0.5 ton to 35 ton, lifting height of 3 to50m, with the working class of M3 and M4. Hoistdq offers you various types of electric chain hoists to solve you material handling solutions. |
DHS Series Electric Hoists, | TCH series Chain Electric Hoist | DHP series Chain Electric Hoists |
DHS Series Electric Hoists:1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton,10 ton |
TCH series Chain Electric Hoist:1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton,10 ton |
DHP series Chain Electric Hoists:1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton,10 ton |
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Wire rope electric hoists
Electric hoists and electric hoists- wire rope single speed
wire rope electric hoist single speed 0.25 ton, 0.5 ton, 1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton, 10 ton, 16 ton |
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Double speed electric hoists
Dongqi Hoists can provide you double speed electric hoists with the lifting capacity of 0.25 ton to 32 ton. Wire rope electric hoist double speed 0.25 ton, 0.5 ton, 1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton, 10 ton, 16 ton |
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European electric hoists
European electric hoist is a newly developed material handling equipment with advanced design technology according to the FEM standards, European hoist standards and other regulations. The lifting capacity of the European electric hoist is 1 to 80 tons and the working class is M5 and M6. |
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Dongqi Hoists can provide explosion proof hoists with the lifting capacity of 0.25 ton to 63 ton, and the lifting height of 1 m to 100m, with the working class of M3. What’s more, single speed explosion –proof hoists and double speed explosion-proof hoists. And, customized explosion proof hoists are available. |
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Metallurgical electric hoist
Metallurgical hoist offered by Dongqi has a lifting capacity of 1-10ton, lifting height 9-30m, the working class of M6. And customized metallurgy hoists for metallurgical industries are available. |
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Mini electric hoist single hook 100 kg , 125 kg, 150 kg, 200 kg, 250 kg, 300 kg, 400 kg, 500 kg
Mini electric hoist with double hook 200 kg, 250 kg, 300 kg , 400 kg, 500 kg electric hoist The lifting speed of the mini or small hoists can be up to 10 m/min. |
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Manual hoist and hand hoist
Manual hoist and hand hoist is a type of light hand operated hoisting equipment, which solves the material handling problems with man power, with the features of easy operation, cost-effective, wide application, etc. Dongqi Hoist offers types of manual hoists or hand operated hoists, such as, manual
Manual hoist – Chain type
CB-1 manual hoist | CB-11 manual hoist, | VC-B manual hoist |
CB-1 manual hoist series:
1 ton, 1.5 ton , 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton, 10 ton |
CB11 series manual hoists: 1 ton, 1.5 ton , 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton, 10 ton | VC-B manual hoist:
0.5 ton 1 ton ,1.5 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton, 10 ton, 20 ton, 30 ton, 50 ton , |
CK type manual hoist | SK Series of manual hoist | HS-T type manual hoist |
CK type manual hoist 1 ton, 1.5 ton , 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton , 20 ton, | SK Series of manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 8 ton , 10 ton, 16 ton , 20 ton | HS-T series of manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 8 ton , 10 ton, 16 ton , 20 ton, |
HS-C type series manual hoist | HS-Z type series manual hoist |
HS C Series of manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 20 ton, | HS-Z series Series of manual hoist0.25 ton,? 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton ,10 ton , 15 ton, 20 ton ,30 ton, |
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Manual hoist- explosion-proof type | |
Explosion proof hand hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton,2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton, 20 ton | VN explosion-proof manual hoist t 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton, 20 ton, etc |
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Manual hoist and hand hoist – Lever type
VC-A series lever hoist | VA series hand hoist | VD type lever hoist? |
VC-A series manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton, 1.5 ton, 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton , 20 ton , 30 ton, 50 ton , | VL lever chain hoist 0.5 ton ,0.75 ton ,1 ton , 1.5 ton, 2 ton , 3 ton, 6 ton, | VD type lever 250 kg, 500 kg , 750 kg, 1500 kg , 2500 kg ,3000 kg, 5000 kg, 60000 kg , |
Wire rope lever hand hoist
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