1415: Construction Equipment

1415.01 Lifting Appliances

(1) Every lifting appliance including
working gear and all other plant
equipment used for anchoring or fixing
shall:
(a) be of good mechanical construction,
of sound material and adequate strength
for the load it will carry;
(b) be properly maintained and
inspected at least once a week and the
result of such inspection shall be recorded
in a log book maintained by the employer
or user of the equipment, open to
enforcing authority.
(2) Any anchoring or fixing arrangement
provided in connection with a lifting
appliance shall be adequate and secure to
hold the imposed load.
Collapsed Tower Crane
Lifting Appliances
 1415.02 Brake Controls and Safety Devices
(1) Every crane, crab and winch shall
be provided with a brake to prevent the
fall of the load and to control operation
when the load is lowered.
(2) Every handle or lever of a lifting
appliance provided for controlling its
operation shall be provided with suitable
locking arrangement to prevent its
accidental movement.
(3) Every lever or handle provided for
controlling the operation of a lifting
appliance shall have upon it clear
marking to indicate purpose and mode of
operation.
 1415.03 Protection of Crane Driver

(1) Platform for crane

drivers and signalers shall be:
(a) of sufficient area,
(b) closely planked, plated
and
(c) provided with safe
means of access and egress.

Stay out of the swing radius of the crane. Make

sure there are barrier guards showing swing
radius.
Suspended Loads

Signalers should not stand

under suspended loads
Crane Signals
Crane Signals
Crane Signals
 1415.03 Protection of Crane Driver
(2) Every side of a platform more than
2.16 meters (6.5 ft.) high shall be
provided with guard rails and toe
boards.
(3) The driver of every power driven
lifting appliance shall be provided with
a cabin which shall:
(a) afford protection from the
weather and falling objects, and
(b) be constructed to afford ready
access to operating parts of the lifting
appliance within the cabin and shall be
periodically inspected and maintained
 1415.04 Anchorage and Load Test of Cranes
(1) When lifting appliances are used on
soft or uneven ground or on a slope,
adequate measures shall be taken to
ensure their stability or undue
movement.
(2) No crane shall be used for raising or
lowering loads unless:
(a) it is securely anchored;
(b) adequately balanced by a weight
properly placed and secured ;
(3) Every crane after erection altered or
any kind of change shall be tested by the
contractor/supervisor with the imposition
either:
(a) of a load of twenty-five per cent
(25%) above the maximum load to be lifted
by the crane as erected at the position when
the maximum pull is applied on each
anchorage, or
(b) of lesser load arranged to provide
an equivalent test of the anchorages or
balancing arrangements.
(4) A report of the test shall be recorded
in a log book to be maintained by the
employer.
(5) The maximum load allowed shall be
affixed in a place where it can be readily be
seen by the crane operator.
(6) No crane shall be used or erected
under conditions likely to endanger stability.
 Overloaded Crane

Over loading can result in the tipping of the crane