The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) Foundation and the National Safety Council (NSC), through its “Work to Zero” initiative, partnered to develop a free online tool to assist companies and individuals using cranes and other load-handling equipment to improve jobsite safety.
The tool offers a list of controls tailored to address the most significant hazardous situations that contribute to serious incidents and fatalities (SIFs) in crane operations.
“Companies and individuals can simply select from a variety of common safety hazards such as fatigue, fall from height, contact with overhead powerlines, equipment overturn/tipping, and many more, to produce a variety of control options to help mitigate or eliminate them on the jobsite,” says T.J. Cantwell, NCCCO foundation executive director.
Each of the controls is categorized according to the Hierarchy of Controls, a method for identifying and ranking approaches to protect workers from hazards including elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment, allowing users to consider which ones will work best in their unique situations.
The Crane Operations Jobsite Safety Controls Tool is now available at https://bit.ly/CraneSafetyControlsTool.