When operating floating cranes you must start swinging or rotating quickly and stop smoothly to prevent excessive barge list. Componenets that provide protection for operation and maintenance personnel working on or in the paths of cranes.

Stay out from under crane booms, buckets and suspended loads, and watch for falling objects. Wear a hard hat if you're working anywhere near a crane. Wear gloves to protect your hands. Never enter a roped-off or barricaded area near a crane.

The code also designates three categories of lift – each has a slightly different requirement in terms of the safe system of work. basic lift. standard lift. complex lift.

The main four causes of crane accidents are contact with power lines, overturns, falls, and mechanical failure.

Category 1 Cranes include: Portal Cranes. Hammerhead Cranes. Locomotive Cranes. Derricks.

There are two main categories of cranes: static cranes and mobile cranes. A static crane is a permanent/semi-permanent structure fixed to the ground or building that lifts and moves loads along a fixed path. A mobile crane is mounted on treads or wheels and can be moved from job site to job site.

Altogether 15 different crane species live on our planet, which are distributed over five continents. All belong to the bird order Gruiformes and the bird family Gruidae. Their size, age, distribution and threat status vary from species to species.