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Equipment
Inspection
Unacceptable Work Practice
All slings and accessories
• Slings and accessories are not inspected prior to each lift.
• Slings and accessories are not inspected by a competent person.
• There are no records of inspection by competent person(s) for each sling and accessory.
Synthetic slings
Examples of damaged synthetic slings.
Chain slings
Examples of worn chain showing wear in excess of 10% and stretching of the links.
Risk Control Solutions
All slings and accessories
• Slings and accessories are inspected prior to each lift.
• Slings and accessories are inspected by a competent person at least every three months.
• A record of every inspection by a competent person and the details of periodic inspections is recorded in an inspection record system and kept for each sling or accessory for its life.
Synthetic slings
• The following signs of damage (as a minimum) are looked for during each inspection of synthetic slings:
– external wear on the cover
– local abrasion
– internal wear
– damage to protective coating or sleeve
– damage from high temperatures
– sunlight degradation
– chemical attack
– label damage
– deterioration of stitching
– damage of any lifting eyes
– damage at the connection to any terminal attachments, and
– damage to any end fittings.
Chain slings
• Each tag is checked so the grading indicated matches the grading of the chain that it is attached to.
• Each individual chain link is inspected.
• The following signs of damage (as a minimum) are looked for during each inspection of chain slings:
– wear, either internal or external, of more than 10%, and
– signs of wear, twisting, stretching, nicks or gouging.
• Any worn links are measured to determine the degree of wear, which should not exceed that allowed for
by the manufacturer.
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