Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 56 of 53 8 RIGGING AN D HOISTI NG Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 016 P age Nu m b e r 1 OF 1 Doc ument 1st C re a ted F e b 02 2010 I mpl e ment a ti on Da te on R e vised D oc ument 0000 The purp ose of th e pra c ti c e is t o pro tec t emplo y e e s a nd other s fr om d a n g e r s of suspe nde d loads Guide li ne s De sig n a te on e membe r o f the c re w to a c t a s sig n a lm a n a nd inst ruc t the e q uipm e nt ope ra tor to re c o g niz e sig na ls fro m t ha t p e rson onl y S ig na lm a n must b e c a r e ful not to ord e r a move unti l the a ll re a d y si gna l fr om e a c h memb e r o f the c re w is g iven Ea c h ri gg e r must be s ure the y a re in t he c lea r b e fo re the y g ive the a ll re a d y si g na l W he n y ou h a ve posi ti on e d the sli n g or c hoke r y ou a re using re le a se it i f possi ble be fo re y ou g i ve the a ll re a d y si g na l I f y ou mus t hol d the sling or c hoke r in pla c e b e sure y our h a nd is c lea r o f pinch points W a tch out for the swing or roll of the load a s it is a lm ost im possi ble to c e ntre the hook ove r the load c e ntre Ne ve r pla c e y ourse lf be t we e n mate ri a l e quipm e nt or a stationar y objec t a nd the load swing Also sta y c lea r o f sta c ke d m a ter ial that c ould get knoc ke d o ve r Ne ve r sta nd und e r the lo a d a nd ke e p fr om unde r the boom a s much a s pos sibl e L ook ove r a re a whe re lo a d is to be se t R e move unne c e ssa r y blocks or other objec ts that ma y fl y up if struc k b y lo a d W he n lowe ring or se tt ing down the load be sure y o ur f e e t a nd a ll other pa rts of y ou r bod y a re out of the wa y Use ta g li ne s to control the loa d