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Planning the work
Safe operation of a crane can be achieved by planning the job prior to starting. This should be done for all work, including simple operations.
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• Loads need to be lifted over: – employees (in workstations) – pedestrians
– mobile plant
– structures where people could be inside (offices, etc.) – dangerous goods, including storage areas, and
– obstacles that could be caught in the load.
• The job is planned so that bridge and gantry crane operations do not lift loads over:
– employees (in workstations)
– pedestrians
– mobile plant
– structures where people could be inside (offices, etc.) – dangerous goods, including storage areas, and
– obstacles that could be caught in the load. This is achieved via:
– workplace design
– exclusion zones
– barriers
– warning systems
– work procedures, and
– scheduling of work times.
• All jobs are planned prior to starting them.
• The job is planned so that travel paths and loads do not cause blind spots or crush points.
• Exclusion zones are set up in high-risk areas, such
as foundries where molten metal is moved and where magnetic, vacuum and friction lifting equipment is used.
• Plans are clear about what plant and work processes have right of way over others.
• Plans should be formalised in writing to form part of the standard operating procedures.
WorkSafe Victoria Handbook / Working safely with bridge and gantry cranes 25
3. Work procedures