Crane Operation Pre-task Toolbox Talk

Guidance
Safe Lift Checklist
PROCEDURE AND RISK

Onsite Pre-job Review

Completed

Lift Procedure Understood

Familiar with Specific Risks

Safeguards / Controls in Place

EQUIPMENT

before Use

Lift Equipment Inspected

Load

Crane is on Secure Footing

Crane Safety Devices Working

Inspected, With Safe Working

LOAD

Lifting

Weight of Load is Known

Load Checked and Ready for
Tag Lines Fitted as Appropriate

ENVIRONMENT

Area

Falls

Obstructions

Non-Essential People Out of

All Are Clear if Load Swings or
Lift Area Free From

AUTHORIZATION

Minimum Four People for

Every Lift

All Competent and Know Their

Roles

Who is in Charge for the Lift?

Communications / Signals
Understood

All Experienced with

Equipment Used
EVERYONE HAS AN OBLIGATION TO STOP
WORK THAT IS UNSAFE

Lifts using cranes, hoists, or other

mechanical lifting devices will not
commence unless:
An assessment of the lift has been completed
and the lift method and the equipment has been
determined by a competent person
Operators of powered lifting devices are trained
and certified for that equipment
Rigging of the load is carried out by a competent
person
Lifting devices and equipment have been
certified for use within the last 12 months (at a
minimum)
The load does not exceed the dynamic and / or
static capacities of the lifting equipment
Any safety devices installed on lifting equipment
are operational
All lifting devices and equipment have been
visually examined before each lift by a competent
person.
The following guidelines must be followed:
No lifting operation shall take place without an
appointed banksman who will be easily identified
by wearing a high visibility vest
All cranes must be fitted with an operational
Safe Working Load Indicator
The maximum wind speed for crane operations is
12 meters per second.
The lifting area must be barricaded off to keep
unauthorized personnel out
No lifts may be made over people
Tag lines shall be used on all lifting operations to
control the load from a safe distance. No one
may touch the load after it has been lifted off the
ground
Names
of attendances:
Where ground
conditions require them, pads will
be placed under crane outriggers to provide
Supervisor:_______________________
additional support

Name:____________________________
Name:____________________________
Name:____________________________
Name:____________________________
Name:____________________________
Name:____________________________
Name:____________________________