Operation and Maintenance of a Crane Plant

Abstract

The entrance to the crane plant is prohibited to everybody but the crane drivers and specially authorized persons, who are cognisant of the existing dangers. This also holds for all repair work. Before stepping on the crane track, the crane driver in question must be informed in an unequivokal manner. All stairs must be provided with boards warning unauthorized persons not to step on the crane. The maneuvr-ing of cranes may be entrusted only to reliable persons, who are acquainted with the dangers of the service; for electrically driven cranes a knowledge of electrical engineering is indispensable. For large plants comprising several cranes it is advisable to keep a very reliable person preferably a skilled lock smith, to supervise all cranes and to make him responsible for all work in connection herewith.