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Safety - Lifting & Hauling equipment Engineering

Ensure the safety of your lifting and hauling equipment by following strict inspection and maintenance protocols.  Scheduled plant maintenance processes should be a part of your Quality Assurance and Workplace Health and Safety systems. Our engineers can assist you to develop systems to ensure the operation and safety of your lifting and hauling equipment.

We can assist you in keeping your workplace and equipment safe. Some of the services we provide include:
 

  • Hazard identification & Risk Assessment
  • Working at Heights - Safety Equipment
  • WLL Certfication of Lifting & Hauling Equipment
  • WLL Certification of Storage Racks
  • ROPS/FOPS
  • Cranes - 10 Year Inspections
  • Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPS) - Inspections & Repairs
  • Work Platforms
  • Man Boxes & Cages
  • Design of Fall Arrest Systems
  • Manual Handling & Lifting Aids

Priorities when providing  Lifting and Hauling Services?

Safety Is Always The Top Priority:

When it comes to construction sites, safety is always a top priority. Safety of construction sites comes down to proper personnel training, efficient and well maintained equipment and a clean, relaxed, happy and healthy environment.

Training of operator and support personnel:

Training and competency of the operator and support personnel in the workplace plays a key role in health and safety.

During long and intense operations, lifting and hauling equipment may deteriorate. Pre-operation and regular in-operation inspections will give you the confidence that your lifting and hauling equipment is safe. Well-trained and experienced operators are observant and may detect problems in equipment before they break down and cause serious accidents.  Operator competency and competencies of support personnel, plays a huge role in ensuring health and safety.

Load Management:

Lifting and hauling equipment used for varied tasks undergo various load-time cycles.  Sometimes equipment may be used close to 100% of its working load limit (WLL), whilst at other times it may be used for lifting very light loads. The durations of the load cycles are important .   Modern lifting and hauling equipment are well -equipped with computerized load management systems which also record the load-time history of the equipment.  The load-time history of the equipment should be referred to when preparing inspection and maintenance schedules.