Crane Industry News & Information
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NEWS Articles
What is Happening in the Crane Industry in Canada?
Bill C-45 and regional Health & Safety Regulations
The OH&S Regulations
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Information, Standards, etcetera
Changes to Health and Safety Regulations?
Bill C-45
Accidents, Injuries and Fatalities
Due Diligence and Standardization
Standardization for the Overhead Crane Industry
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What is Happening in the Crane Industry in Canada? (back to top)
Posted Dec 2006
Canada is presently in the process of revising the CSA B167
Overhead Crane Standards to be in compliance to the ISO
International World Standards for Cranes. The final revision
to CSA B167 will be available for public review and approval
in the latter part of September 2006. The ISO 9926-1-Training
of Drivers is a single training element of the ISO standard for
driver/operators that is applicable to every type of lifting
device, i.e. Tower and Mobile cranes, Boom trucks
and Overhead cranes, etc.
The only documentation that has not been defined is the training
instructions "Part-2 through Part-5" that is unique to each type
lifting device and the regional regulatory or governing body that
stipulates the criteria required for registration or certification
for the driver/operators.
What this all means is by the 2007 there will be recognized standards
across North America which stipulate that operator training on overhead
travelling lifting equipment is a requirement and also what the training
content must contain as a minimum. What I like best about accepting the
ISO standard is that they have combined hoisting and material handling
into a single standardized training program. Reasoning is that the
driver/operator is ultimately responsible for what happens below the
hook. Therefore the driver/operator must have a comprehensive knowledge
and understanding of the material handling requirements (rigging,
inspection-rejection, calculation and application) prior to operating
all lifting equipment. The ISO standards have also stated in the
procedure the required steps for the materials handling exercises that
driver/operator must be able to successfully perform. (Practical hands-on
testing) This is a very important part, as presently most safety training
courses do not provide a thorough enough practical testing of the operator’s
skills they learned from the theory part of the training.
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Bill C-45 and regional Health & Safety Regulations (back to top)
Posted Dec 2006
Bill C-45 and regional Health & Safety Regulations have made the
employer/supervisor more responsible for the safety of their workers
and worksites. What this basically means is, providing a training
course is no longer sufficient, as now the employer/supervisor must
be able to provide objective evidence of due diligence for compliance
to ensure there are proper procedures in place for the operation of the
tool, equipment or machinery. There must also be objective evidence of
a documented monitoring process of worker performance to ensure the
training is continuously improving and the operator/driver is working
continually in accordance to the safe work practices taught. In Alberta
it is recommended for all supervisory personnel who are responsible for
workers using this equipment to also attend the training, making them more
aware of what is happening in their shops. This is a major point, as attending
this course will be of assistance to the supervisor in relieving a lot of
his responsibility of liability in the event of an accident or injury.
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Posted Dec 2006
The OH&S regulations are making this requirement very clear, as a
number of supervisory personnel across Canada have already been
charged with negligence. Providing improper training can be worse
than not providing training at all, as it is clear that the supervisory
personal are aware of the need for the training but have not addressed
the other requirements. It's only a matter of time before an employer/supervisor
is charged with "knowledgeable negligence", meaning they have not done "What
is reasonably Practicalable" to prevent an accident or injury.
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Information, Standards, etcetera (back to top)
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Changes to Health and Safety regulations. (back to top)
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Bill C-45. (back to top)
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Accidents, injuries and fatalities. (back to top)
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Due diligence and Standardization:
these two words are beginning to have a major impact in all areas of business and
industry. It is becoming a necessary practice to provide objective evidence of due
diligence for nearly everything we do. (back to top)
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Standardization for the Overhead Crane Industry
is fast becoming a major factor for providing safety training for multi-site organizations.
(back to top)
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ACTi is Making a Difference
By assisting industry to develop and document
“Industry Best Practices” for End Users and Operators of
Lifting Equipment.
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