CommittedtoExcellenceinMiningSafetyLastModified:Page:JAN20131of10StandardOperatingprOcedureSCranesandLiftingEquipmentMODULE5www.coresafety.org(Cont.)CranesandLiftingEquipmentIPurPoseToestablishstandardsforthesafeoperationofcranesoranyotherliftingorhoistingsystem.2sCoPeThisprocedureappliestoalloperatingareas,projects,explorationandallemployeesandcontractorswithinthescopeoftheIntegratedManagementSystem(IMS).3DeFINITIoNsANDACroNYMsDefinitionsCablesarelongitudinalsteelelementsconsistingofanumberofsteelthreadstwistedinaspecialway.CableSlingsaresteelcableswithloopsattheirends,usedtohoistloads.Theyarelessflexiblethanslings.Craneisamachinedesignedtoliftloadsbasedonthefundamentalprincipleofthelever.Itincludesacounterweight,asupportpoint,andtheloadtobehoisted.CriticalLiftisaliftrequiringmorethan80%ofthecrane’sratedcapacityand/oraliftcarriedoutundernon-routineconditions(liftingoverenergizedpowerlinesoroverexistingfacilitiesetc.).BeamClampisamanufacturedclampdesignedtobeattachedtoabeamforlifting,pulling,tieoffpoints,and/orotherfunctionsasengineered.HoistforLightEquipmentisahydraulicmachinedesignedtoliftlightequipmentforitsmaintenance.HoistingEquipmentisequipmentusedtomechanicallymoveloadsbetweentwopoints.ManLiftisamachinethathasacage-typeplatformwhichiselevatedtocarryoutworksatdifferentheights.MaterialHoistisamachinedesignedtoelevateandtransportaheavyloadoversomefrontlugs.Operatorthepersonqualifiedandcertifiedbythetrainingareatooperatemobilecranes,bridgecranesandtruckcranes.Plateisanelementusedtodistributeoverground,theforceexertedbythehydraulicjacksatthetimeofhoistingaload.CommittedtoExcellenceinMiningSafetyLastModified:Page:JAN20132of10www.coresafety.orgMODULE5(Cont.)CranesandLiftingEquipmentRiggeristhetrainedandauthorizedpersoninchargeofdoingsignalsformaneuverstothecraneoperatorandverifyingthatsafetyconditionsduringtheliftareappropriate.Hewillbeexclusivelydevotedtothissafetyactivityuntiltheoperationisover.SafetyPin(clip,tongue)isanelementthatgoesinsidethehookandisusedtopreventtheshackle,slingorstrapfrommovingoutofthebendofthehook.Shackleisasteelelementwheretheloopsofthestrapsorthebodyorloopsoftheslingsareplaced.Slingsarelongitudinalelementsusuallymadeofsyntheticmaterial,withloopsattheirends.Slingsarewrappedaroundtheloadandareusedtolifttheload.Theirmainfeatureistheirflexibility.Strandisalengthoftwistedthreads;theintertwiningofstrandsmakesupacable.Taglinesareropesusedtocontrol/positiontheloadwithoutexposingemployeestosuspendedloads.Winch/Drumisthesectionofthecranethatwindsthecableusedforhoistingoperations,eitherrollingorunrollingthecable.AcronymsHMRHSLPManagementRepresentativeHSLPHealth,SafetyandLossPreventionIMSIntegratedManagementSystemMSHAMineSafetyandHealthAdministration4roLesANDresPoNsIBILITIesDocumentOwnerHMRResponsibleRolesandPosition-HoldersContractors/VendorsarebusinessesperformingaservicefortheCOMPANY.TheyareresponsibleforensuringtheiremployeesworkingonCOMPANYsitesunderstandandcomplywiththerequirementsasoutlinedinthisprocedure.EmployeesandContractedEmployeesareallemployeesinanypositionwhetherCOMPANYorcontractedemployeesworkingonanyCOMPANYsite.Theyareresponsibleforcomplyingwiththerequirementsasoutlinedinthisprocedure.VisitorsareanyonenotemployedbytheCOMPANYinanycapacitybutaretravelingortouringonaCOMPANYsite.Theyareresponsibleforcomplyingwiththerequirementsasoutlinedinthi...