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Lift plan

Form · Each lifting operation (or each set of routine lifts)

The plan for a lifting operation, made by the appointed person: the load, the crane and accessories, where it stands, the ground, the people, the weather limits and how the lift is controlled.

Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.

The law and guidance behind it

  • Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), Regulation 8 (organisation of lifting operations)
  • BS 7121, Code of practice for safe use of cranes

The questions

The lift

  1. The load (what it is, its weight, centre of gravity, lifting points)
  2. Weight of the load, with its accessories
  3. Crane or lifting equipment, and its configuration
  4. Greatest radius
  5. Rated capacity at that radius
  6. Lifting accessories (slings, shackles, spreader), each with its safe working load

The site

  1. Where the crane stands, its outriggers or base
  2. Ground conditions and bearing pressure (mats, outrigger pads)
  3. Exclusion zone, and how people are kept out
  4. Overhead lines, buildings, other cranes, public and traffic nearby
  5. Wind speed above which the lift stops

People

  1. Appointed person (who planned it)
  2. Lift supervisor
  3. Crane operator
  4. Slinger / signaller
  5. How the lift is signalled (radio, hand signals)
  6. Everyone involved briefed on this plan before the lift

Approved

  1. Approved by the appointed person
  2. Date and time
  3. Signature

A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.

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