Indian Health and Safety Legislation: Safety Officer Requirement.

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Industrial Health and Safety blogs. What are the Indian Health and Safety Legislation Requirement for  "Safety Officer"  in different states? Ans: Section 40-B. Safety Officers According to The Factories Act 1948 In every factory :- wherein  one thousand(1000) or more workers are ordinarily employed , or wherein, in the  opinion of the State Government , any manufacturing process or operation is carried on, which  process or operation involves any risk of bodily injury ,  poisoning or disease or any other hazard to health, to the person employed in the factory , the occupier shall, if so required by the State Government by notification in Official Gazette, employ such number of Safety Officers as may be specified in that notification. UTTAR PRADESH FACTORY RULES 1950 and Uttar Pradesh Factories (Safety Officers) Rules, 1984 THE TAMILNADU ...
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What is lift plan for safe lifting of loads? Do you know LOLER? What are the top incidents related to Lifting of loads?

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What is lift plan for safe lifting of loads? Do you know LOLER? What are the top incidents related to Lifting of loads?


Planning is initial step for management and good planning is foundation of any successful event. Similarly good lift plan reduce the probability of incident during lifting of loads. Lift plan includes but not limited to:
1-      Load and equipment
2-      Environment and
3-      Operator




1-   Load and Equipment: Load to be lifted should be assessed under the lift plan including its weight, center of gravity, shape of the load , sharp edges if any, mathematical shape and its length, breadth & height. All these factors of load should be considered before any lifting.
Equipment selection for lifting the load shall be based upon the type of load to be lifted, height upon which load to be placed and terrain type. Choose the right accessory for lifting, eg depending upon the nature and weight of the load and the environment in which it is to be used.

Accessories for Lifting means work equipment for attaching loads to machinery for lifting. Always focus shall be given on correct capacity of lifting equipment, lifting accessories and both of them shall be free from any defect. Fit the sling to the load (using an appropriate method of slinging), make the lift (a trial lift may be necessary to confirm the centre of gravity of the, load; tag lines may be necessary to stop the load swinging).

2-  Environment: Environment includes the soil capacity upon which the lifting equipment is placed. Soil capacity shall be excellent for lifting. In case soil capacity is not good, it shall be improved by engineering methods like provision of uniform distribution load wooden slippers, use of NaCl (common salt) on muddy soil to increase its strength and any other engineering method.
Wind speed is other consideration for lift plan under environment section. Lift plan consider high wind conditions and lifting shall be stopped in high wind condition. The most common way of providing an instantaneous indication of the wind speed is to fix an anemometer to the lifting equipment. If used, it should be fixed in the most exposed position, usually on the top of the lifting equipment. Where this is not possible then other alternatives could be used, for example a hand-held anemometer. However, these alternative methods may not give an accurate indication of the wind speed in the most exposed position. When wind speed (sustained or gusts) exceeds 20 mph at the personnel platform, a qualified person must determine if, in light of the wind conditions, it is not safe to lift personnel. If it is not, the lifting operation must not begin (or, if already in progress, must be terminated).
Heat Stress: is also sometimes considered in hot regions during lift planning.
Vertical and Horizontal Obstruction: Check the anticipated path of the load to make sure that it is not obstructed and prepare a suitable place to set down the load. Vertical and horizontal obstruction for load and boom of the crane shall be consider during lift plan. boom or crane contact with energized power lines (nearly 45% of the cases) is the leading cause of crane incident and it shall be emphasized while planning the lift. If the operator of lifting equipment cannot observe the full path of the load, either directly or by means of auxiliary devices, the employer should ensure that a responsible person has appropriate means of communication to guide the operator. Measures should be taken to prevent the load striking anything or any person.

3-Operator – shall be competent for the type of lifting. You should ensure that operators of lifting equipment know or can judge the weight of the load they are required to lift. This does not mean that the operator needs to calculate the exact weight of each and every load. For routine lifting operations the weight will usually be known. In other instances it will be possible for the weight of the load to be estimated. There will, however, be some situations where you will need to make calculations to find out the weight of the load if you are to avoid overloading the equipment.









OSHA Crane Accident Data
·         boom or crane contact with energized power lines (nearly 45% of the cases)
·         under the hook lifting device.
·         overturned cranes.
·         dropped loads.
·         boom collapse.
·         crushing by the counter weight.
·         outrigger use, falls and rigging failures.

Lifting Tool Tackles Testing Requirements:
Test half yearly for those tools and tackles which are used for human being and near to metallurgical process. Test annually for those tools and tackles which are used for material.
Lifting Vs Supporting:
Lifting means replacement of load from one point to other and supporting means placement of load at suitable strength structure.
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
LOLER applies to the use of lifting equipment provided as work equipment. These Regulations implement the lifting provisions of the Amending Directive to the Use of Work Equipment Directive (AUWED,95/63/EC) and build on the requirements of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) for which HSE has made available separate guidance.


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I am a Health and Safety professional writing blogs related to Industrial Health and Safety. I am qualified from Regional labor institute India and International Diploma from NEBOSH.

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