Safety Meeting Toolbox Topics and Tailgate Talks
Pre-shift crane inspections and thoroughly pre-planned lifts are essential for job-site safety. Neglecting to properly inspect a crane before a shift can result in failure of the equipment. This may cause damage to the machinery, injury to workers on the scene or even death.
The difference types of machinery in the workplace do their work by means of energy – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic, etc. Releasing this energy makes the machines run, which is very useful, but not if the energy is released at the wrong time or if you are in the way.
Anyone who operates, cleans, services, adjusts and repairs machinery or equipment should be aware of the hazards associated with that machinery. Locking or tagging out is required whenever an employee is required to remove or bypass a guard or safety device or when an employee places a part of their body into an area that would be a danger zone during a machine operation cycle.