Sr.
HAZARDOUS CONDTION POTENTIAL HAZARD
no.
1 Lack of ID. Plate with SWL.
Wear, tear and throat opening
2 more than permissible limit of
hook.
3 Lack of safety latch/ Safety latch
is not working
Reduction in wire rope
4 diameter/crushing/kink/corrosions/
Elongation in length/broken wires.
5 Damaged pulley
6 End fitting of wire rope
Failure of limit switch/lack of limit
7 switch
Damage or tight on/off mode
8 selection key/ Damage push button
or control lever
9 Emergency stop not working or not
available
10 Alignment is not proper of rail track
Toe guard not provided on all
opening areas, Lack of walkway to
11 crane and lack of walkway on crane
Electrical condition such as
1. Ear thing not provided
CONTROL MEASURES
ID plate to be provided with
Overloading may occur which leads
following details Safe working load,
to fall of material, crane failure
identification number, date of
may occur.
inspection.
Hook can be broken, lifting gear
Periodically inspection of hook and
may come out from jaw and load
can fall floor. proper maintenance to be performed.
Lifting gear can came out from
Safety latch to be provided in
hook jaw, larger effort is needed
working condition , periodic
to attach or remove lifting gears
inspection to be performed,
so riggers helpers are expose to
training to be given to personal of
back injury, holding, pushing and
manual lifting.
frustration.
Deduction in wire rope diameter
,kinking, crushing, from which Preventive maintenance of wire rope.
hook block and load can fall from Periodically inspection of wire rope.
height which results to fatal Wear all work related PPE’s.
accident, body part injury.
Proper clearance of rope to pulley
Broken wires can cut the body parts
Periodically inspection, preventive
of riggers/operators.
maintenance.
End fitting should be according to
Wire rope end fittings are not
standard and at proper distance
proper or loose which can results to
should be periodically inspected,
fall of hook block, property damage
Operator should be trained
Failure of any type of limit switch
Daily inspection of crane operation
can cause to fall of material, crane
Preventive maintenance EOT
component failure, property
cranes, brake should be in
damage, fatal accident, injury.
operative condition, buffers stopper
to be
installed
Insure all push button shall be in
Damage or tight push button can
operative and good condition to,
causes electric shock, static charge,
Fire
burn injury and pain in figures.
extinguisher, rubber mats to be
provided in operator’s cabin
Daily checklist inspection shall be
If emergency stops are not working
performed by operator, operators
crane collide with another crane
should be trained, and brakes are
can be occur, material can fall,
effective, preventive devices.
property damage, fatal injury can
be occur.
Poor rail track condition that is
Rail alignment should be proper
alignment, poor housekeeping,
Periodically inspections,
obstacles on track leads to sudden
housekeeping to be improved,
failure, fall of person, fall of
Proper maintenance of rail track
material, property damage.
Toe guard and hand railing to be
Lack or improper condition of toe
provided housekeeping to be
guard, hand railing and walkway
provided on walkway and walkway
can causes, slip, trips, fall of object,
to be free from obstacles
personal from height results to fatal
accident or death injury
Periodically inspection of electrical
 2. Open wires or cable components to be performed,
Electrically poor conditions such as
12 3. Lack of rubber mats proper ear thing to be provided, fire
naked wires, poor earthing, lack of
near control panel extinguisher to be provided near
rubber mats can causes fire or burn
4. Weather protection of control panel, PPE to be provided
injury, electric shock, arc etc.
electric components to workers.
5. Canopy of all motors
are not satisfactory
Preventive maintenance of
Not working or not availability of
electrical components should be
electrical safety components like
13 Crane warning lights and siren do done.
Crane warning lights, siren leads to
not work properly. Periodically / daily checklist
crane collide, property damage,
inspections to be performed and
poor visibility, eye
operational testing of warning
deficiency, frustration of devices.
operator’s.
Periodically inspection and
Heavy noise or unusual sound can
maintenance to be performed
cause hearing losses,
14 Heavy noise or unusual sound PPE should be worn by operator’s
communication error between
Proper communication device to be
operator’s and riggers.
provided in noisy areas.
Loose nut bolt should be tight and
Vibration of EOT crane
Vibration of lifting machinery proper oiling greasing to be done at
components leads to crane failure,
15 components the time of maintenance, through
fall of material, machinery damage
inspection and testing to be
can causes dangerous accidents
performed.
Fire extinguisher to be provided,
Effective emergency action plan
16 Any type of Fire Electrically unsafe condition can should be prepared and training
leads to fire hazard which is related should be provided to workers,
to dangerous fire, explosion housekeeping to be maintained
near electrical components
Proper machine guards to be
Absence guard of rotating parts can
17 Lack of guarding in moving provided to all rotating machinery
cause body part injury such as cut,
components Proper inspection to be performed.
hit hurt, stuck with object.
Proper seating to be provided to
Shifting of operator’s, repetitive
operator’s, should encourage
motions, environmental condition
18 Repetitive motions workers about safety ,worker
leads to body stress, leg, hand pain,
should be train, shifting of
fatigue, boredom, frustration and
operator’s to be avoided as much as
others ergonomically and
possible, should not give more
psychological hazards
workload to workers
Training programs must be run
Lack of training, qualification, and
Lack of qualification, training, and time to time, ensure that all
experience related to lifting
19 experience workers, Ensure that all workers
machinery can results into
have the ability to read and write,
dangerous accidents , injury or
experience person should be assign
death
as a operator