Rigging and tag lines

Say this

1. Inspect slings, shackles and hooks before each shift. Cut, kinked or crushed means out of service.
2. Know the load weight and the sling's rated load for the hitch you're using.
3. Pad sharp edges.
4. Tag lines on every load. Never wrap a tag line around your hand.
5. Nobody under the load.

Ask the crew

• Where on this site today does "rigging and tag lines" matter most?
• What would you do first if it went wrong?
• Who do you tell, and how?

Hazards on today's tasks

• Pipe lifts: Dropped load from a bad sling or hitch
• Pipe lifts: Swinging pipe hitting a worker
• Pipe lifts: Hands and feet crushed when setting pipe in the trench

How to give it

Hold it where the work is, at the start of the shift, standing up. Read each point out loud, then point at the real thing on this site: the trench, the ladder, the machine, the cord. Ask the questions and wait for answers; the quiet ones often know the most. Keep it to about 5 minutes so it gets done every day.

Write down anything the crew raises and fix it before the work starts. Everyone signs, including subs and visitors working that shift. Keep the signed sheet with the day's JHA; it's your record that the training happened (29 CFR 1926.251, and 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)).

Sign-in

Goes with the JHA for pipe lifts.