This training module covers the basic components and functions of floor-operated overhead cranes used in industrial facilities. It also covers the inspections of cranes and rigging components that many facilities require to be performed before a crane can be operated.
This training module covers the basic components and functions of floor-operated overhead cranes used in industrial facilities. It also covers the inspections of cranes and rigging components that many facilities require to be performed before a crane can be operated.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 cranes are being used in general industries; leaving approximately 250,000 crane operators and industry workers who are at risk of suffering serious injury or death in crane accidents each year. Crane operation is a serious responsibility, and OSHA requires proper training for a signal person to be [...]
The use of construction cranes have been around since the Ancient Greeks, during that time the cranes were powered by slaves and animal. It would take the strength of hundreds of slaves or animals to lift the enormous pieces of construction material. Through the years powering cranes continuously evolved from the [...]
