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Some Overhead Crane Hazards & Tips To Prevent Them

Mobile Cranes | Jun 20 / 17
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This article will tell you how to avoid overhead crane hazards

Preventing Overhead Crane Hazards: Overhead cranes are used to move and lift heavy objects around in the industry. They are essential for conducting the tasks with efficiency. This article provides some information regarding common hazards associated with overhead cranes. The article also provides some tips that you can follow for the safe operation of overhead cranes.

This article highlights some important points which can be followed to avoid incidents in the industry. Read the complete article to learn this important information!

Potential Electrical Hazards

About 50% of all crane accidents that happen overhead can be attributed to machinery coming into contact with a power source of some kind during operation. Typically, why this occurs is because, as a crane moves materials close to or beneath energized power lines, the hoist line or boom gets into contact with the electrical source. This is an issue, which is about half of all hazards that are associated with these overhead cranes, and it can be stopped with good safety planning.

Follow these helpful tips for mitigating construction risks.

Crane Overloading

When a crane exceeds over its operational capacity, it can also prove to be the very thing, which tends to cause about 80% of all crane accidents and structural failures as well. The overloading of the crane’s operational capacity is caused by some of the following:

  • The presence of swinging or a sudden dropping of any load
  • Any defective components
  • The hoisting of a load that is beyond its normal capacity

Learn all about the importance of lift planning.

Any Materials Falling

Though it may be obvious, what should be clearly stated is this, that workers need to always wear the proper head, foot, hand, and eye protection while working on the job site itself. They also need to be constantly aware of what is going on in their surroundings. They don’t want to accidentally go walking beneath a suspended load at any time.

What other factors affect a mobile cranes performance?

At TNT Crane Service, Inc., we always make sure to put safety and prevention first. It is our number one priority. Because of this fact, we ensure that all the machines we have are kept well maintained and up to date. What this does is ensures that you will be getting the most effective, as well as, the most reliable equipment that is available. Please view the equipment that we have on hand for sale or rental today. It may help you to find the crane that you require for your next major project coming up.

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