NCIG - PTO - Mobile Crane Operations

• Audit Title/Client/Date (reverse order)

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

EVALUATION

• Are all activities performed in compliance with an accepted JSEA that is still adequate for the current tasks & conditions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do all persons appear to understand the requirements of the JSEA & have signed off?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are limiting and indicating devices fitted including motion limiting devices?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are rated capacity limiters provided on all mobile cranes manufactured since 2002 with a maximum safe working load of more than three tonnes?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has a radius indicator been fitted on all mobile cranes that were originally designed with this feature and is the indicator displayed in metres?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are load indicators fitted to all mobile cranes with a maximum rated capacity of more than three tonnes?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are load charts fixed in the operator's cabin or kept in a book, folder or envelope in the operator's cabin?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the crane operator's manual kept on the crane?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all operator controls suitably marked to indicate their function & operation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there evidence that employee has considered factors that will affect the ability of the ground to provide adequate support such as:

• The presence of water including when it is mixed with the soil as mud and where it is present under the surface (e.g. underground springs & streams?)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• The type of ground (e.g. clay, sand, rock or a mixture of these?)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Backfilled ground that was previously an excavation trench?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Cavities or penetrations in the ground that have been covered but still exist?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Continued operation of the crane in one location?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Was certification of the ground bearing capacity obtained from a geo-technical engineer before performing a heavy lift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are timbers or other means of distributing the load placed under the outriggers? Manufacturers of cranes made since 2000 provide documented information on the maximum load & pressure applied by the outrigger foot to the ground for different boom configurations supplied with the crane.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the outriggers used to level the crane?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If working or traveling on a slope, has the employee carried the load on the uphill side of the crane, regardless of direction of travel? Travel on a slope is uup or down the slope, not across the slope.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are crane configurations designed for wind speeds other than 10m/second have the design wind speed marked on the rated capacity chart?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has employee ensured that a dogger is not used to also perform the role of 'spotter' when the crane is operating close to overhead power lines?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Before signaling the crane operator to raise the load, did the dogger ensure that:

• Each lifting attachment, sling & shackle has a safe working load, or working load limit greater than or equal to that of the load and are these attachments suitable for safely handling the load?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• The hoisting apparatus is correctly applied to the load and the crane hook?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• No part of the load is loose?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• The load is properly balanced?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• The load is not snagged?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• The load, when it is lifted, will not contact any object or constitute a hazard to any person?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a dedicated radio frequency selected for the duration of the crane operations & will work stop if there is a loss of radio communications?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where radio communication is not or cannot be used, were other forms of communication, such as hand signals & bell, buzzer &whistle signals used? Ensure mobile phones are not used for directing mobile crane operations

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Before starting to hoist the load, did the crane operator or dogger make sure that the hoist rope hangs vertically over the load? As the weight is taken it may be more appropriate to luff up rather than hoist.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Did employee ensure that the load did not swing after being hoisted and that tag lines are used as required to control the load?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• When handling maximum or near maximum loads, did the crane operator take the following precautions after the load as been lifted a few centimetres:

• Test the hoist brakes?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Check the weight recorded on the load weight indicator?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Recheck the load chart?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Were mobile cranes operated within their engineered design capacity?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Except in an emergency, did the crane operator not leave the cabin or control room while a load is suspended from the crane hook?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Were all loads supported where possible with dunnage, with the load uniformly distributed over the supporting surface?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Were exclusion zones established around mobile cranes & adjoining areas to prevent unauthorized interaction with persons & other plant & were outrigger beams or hydraulic cylinders marked with the hazard striping?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there any other risks or issues associated with the activities observed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Location of Observation

• COMMENTS & RECOMMENDATIONS

• Comments & recommendations to be actioned by

• Signature of observer

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