Cranes

Mobile Crane Planning and Safety Requirements

1. Purpose and Requirements

• Mobile cranes have a significant impact on University operations. To prevent incident(s) and to provide a safe and healthful environment to the Cornell Community the coordination, planning, and safety requirements identified in this procedure are to be utilized prior to the mobilization of a mobile crane on University property.

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Cranes and Hoists

The purpose of the Crane and Hoist Safety Program is to establish safe work practices and inspection procedures to help ensure that the operators of overhead cranes, as well as the Cornell University community are protected from potential hazards associated with the movement of equipment and material using a crane, hoist and related equipment.Cranes must be consistently inspected to prevent equipment failure and incidents and to determine whether cranes and crane components can be expected to perform as intended.