Safety personnel, pay attention! These ten oversights are most likely to cause lifting accidents!

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This post was last edited by yinkuilin6868 on 2016-2-18 at 16:18. High-altitude lifting operations are susceptible to factors such as strong winds, high temperatures, rain and snow, and insufficient lighting, all of which can create safety hazards. This requires contractors to choose lifting equipment of high quality and to supervise the lifting process closely. The ten points listed below represent common oversights in lifting operations, and they are also the main reasons for frequent safety accidents. I. Insufficient material strength, poor installation, wear and aging of the safety protection facilities for work at heights. The main issues include: the steel pipes used as protective railings, as well as other components such as fasteners, breaking or deforming due to insufficient wall thickness, corrosion, or defective quality, thereby losing their protective function; the wire ropes of suspension basket scaffolds breaking due to friction and rust, which causes the baskets to tilt or fall and results in people falling; construction scaffolding planks bending or breaking because of insufficient strength, leading to falls of those on them; and falls of relevant personnel caused by damage to other facilities and equipment such as chain hoists and electric hoists. II. Defects in labor protection equipment. Main manifestations: Falls from heights occur due to defects in safety helmets, safety belts, safety ropes, lifting straps, anti-slip shoes and other equipment used by workers at heights, which cause these items to break, tear, or lose their anti-slip functionality. Some organizations, in an attempt to save money, focus only on the price when purchasing personal protective equipment, without paying attention to whether the products have production licenses or quality certificates; as a result, the quality of the personal protective equipment used by employees is poor, and it fails to provide any actual protection. III. The “three violations” of giving illegal instructions, carrying out illegal operations, and violating labor discipline. It is mainly manifested in assigning personnel without the qualifications for working at heights to carry out such tasks. For example, it is considered illegal instruction when a project manager assigns someone without a scaffold worker’s certification to assemble or dismantle scaffolds. Personnel who do not possess the necessary qualifications for working at heights yet still engage in such work are also in violation of regulations. According to the relevant provisions of the \"Safety Technical Operating Procedures for Construction and Installation Workers,\" those who work at heights must undergo regular health checks; those suffering from hypertension, heart disease, anemia, epilepsy, or other conditions that make them unsuitable for working at heights shall not engage in such work. IV. Removing safety protection facilities without the consent of on-site safety personnel is considered illegal activity; for example, it is illegal for masonry teams to remove the protective railings around a floor while carrying out masonry work there. V. Entering or leaving the work area not through the designated passages, but by climbing onto balconies, crane arms, and other unauthorized routes. VI. When dismantling scaffolding, lattice frames, tower cranes, or formwork support systems, there is no dedicated supervisor present and adequate protective measures are not put in place as required; many falls from height occur under such circumstances. VII. Failing to wear the required personal protective equipment (helmets, safety belts, anti-slip shoes, etc.) as stipulated by labor discipline rules when working at heights. VIII. Inability to concentrate. It is mainly manifested by acting rashly without first checking whether the surrounding environment is safe before carrying out tasks or actions. For example, one might step on a scaffold board that is broken or rotten without realizing it, resulting in a fall and an injury accident; or one might enter a dangerous area by mistake, leading to an injury accident as well. IX. Inspections and rectifications regarding work safety at the construction site are inadequate. This is manifested in damaged safety protection facilities at the construction site that are not repaired in a timely manner, workers performing work at heights failing to wear safety gear as required with no one to oversee them, and such workers not following the proper procedures for working at heights without any supervision or control. 10. Open-air mobile operations increase the frequency of natural corrosion and human-induced damage to safety protection facilities at edges, openings, work platforms, etc., thereby creating more potential hazards.