Crane safety: New tool for addressing common hazards
Murray, UT — A new online tool from the NCCCO Foundation and the National Safety Council is intended to help improve safety on jobsites where cranes and other load-handling equipment are used.
The free tool, developed in partnership with NSC’s Work to Zero initiative, “offers a list of controls tailored to address the most significant hazardous situations that contribute to serious incidents and fatalities in crane operations,” an NCCCO Foundation press release states. “The list was compiled by searching relevant safety literature and collecting feedback from industry experts and practitioners.”
Each control is classified according to the Hierarchy of Controls.
“Companies and individuals can simply select from a variety of common safety hazards, such as fatigue, fall from height, contact with overhead power lines, equipment overturn/tipping and many more, to produce a variety of control options to help mitigate or eliminate them on the jobsite,” NCCCO Foundation Executive Director T.J. Cantwell said in the release.
The NCCCO Foundation has scheduled a webinar for noon Central on March 4 that will feature NSC and crane safety experts discussing the tool and how organizations can mitigate common safety hazards.
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