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Code of practice for design, safe use and maintenance of
gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorails
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Code of practice for design, safe use and maintenance of
gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorails / SS Table of Contents
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• Crane Owner
• Employer
• Crane Manufacturer
• Crane Supplier or local representative of the
Crane Manufacturer
• Crane Erector
• Crane Designer
• Lifting Supervisor, Rigger, Signalman
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Code of practice for design, safe use and maintenance of
gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorails
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• 3.13 Employer
– The person who engages operators, riggers and/or
signalmen under a contract of service to perform lifting
operation.
•Load Indicator
• Working Space Limiters (to prevent crane colliding into structures in prohibited space e.g.
rooms/office cabins placed within the coverage of the crane movement)
• Logbook or Service Record (where details of maintenance, service and repairs carried out on
the crane are recorded and kept up to date)
• Crane Parts book (where all parts and elements are adequately illustrated and identified)
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Code of practice for design, safe use and maintenance of
gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorails Documentation &
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• Safe Working Load (SWL) of the crane (SWL shall reflect maximum permitted SWL of the
crane as well as individual SWL of lifting devices where two or more lifting devices are fitted on
the crane)
E.g. 1. If the crane structure is designed to maximum SWL of 5 ton, and it consists of two
lifting devices with SWL 2 ton and 5 ton, the marking shall reflect SWL 5 ton (5/2 ton)
E.g. 2. If the crane structure is designed to maximum SWL of 10 ton, and it consists of two
lifting devices with SWL 5 ton each, the marking shall reflect SWL 10 ton (5 + 5 ton)
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Code of practice for design, safe use and maintenance of / Manufacture &
gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorails
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Construction
Manufacture and
Construction
•Permanent means of
access shall be
provided for service
personnel to reach
those parts of the
crane which need
servicing and shall be
provided with the crane
stationed at its
servicing position so
that there is no need to
move the crane during
servicing.
• In cases where the permanent platform is not feasible, mobile access equipment (e.g. scissor
lift or boom lift) or scaffold structures are to be provided.
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Repair Modification &
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•All repair, modification and maintenance shall be handled by competent persons in the
relevant areas.
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Code of practice for design, safe use and maintenance of
gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorails Inspection &
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Regular Inspection
- Visual Inspection
by Operator before operations (pre-ops checks)
by operator at periodic intervals together with a designated person in
accordance to the Manufacturer’s recommendations
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gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorails
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