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"On behalf of Battlefield Newfoundland I have to forward a huge thank you for your technician's services this year. He has gone beyond the call of duty to help us get through the last couple of months of processing equipment. If more of our vendors were like this it would make our job so much easier."
Robert Simms, Service Administrator
Battlefield Equipment, Mount Pearl Newfoundland
"I have been working with Domson Engineering for over 10 years on various aspects in our high profile projects. Domson has always come to the table with cost effective ideas and solution minded staff that get the job done."
Steve Matthews, G.S.C. / Construction Manager, Structural Steel Division
E.S. Fox Ltd.
"We will be using Domson in the future for any NDT work. The response and work your staff did was excellent. My own Level III guy was very impressed."
Joseph W. Peckan, Manager of Quality Engineering, Safety and Environmental Systems
Welded Tube of Canada
"Domson's NDT testing of the chairlift cable was extremely thorough and professional and would highly recommend their services."
Don Horner
Ski Valley, Minnedosa Manitoba
"Excellent work in an accelerated time period. Thank you for your support."
Steve Watts, Technical Support Manager, Americas
Rolls-Royce Energy, CSB
"Thanks for all your work on designing our challenging lift at Whitby Co-gen. It was good to see a lift go as planned without any unexpected problems."
Gary Epps, Electrical & Power Supply Technician
Whitby Cogeneration L.P.
Similarly, the crane must satisfy various criteria as well:
The last requirement goes beyond the standard requirements for inspection personnel. Here, the term "competent worker" is defined without ambiguity. As such, this structural inspection cannot be signed off by an operator or by a certified mechanic.
In addition to the above annual inspection, the regulations require that the crane, platform and all attachments be visually inspected by a competent worker before each use. The operator or somebody else familiar with the equipment may perform this inspection.
All inspections are to be recorded in the log book of the crane and the log book must be kept inside the crane along with any design drawings of the basket, the modified load chart, and a copy of the inspection reports for the crane and manbasket.
Clauses 10, 12, and 13 out of section 153 in the regulations discuss requirements for communications, and emergency procedures.
Obviously, good communication between the crane operator and the workers in the basket is paramount. Ideally, radios should be used, however, a system of hand signals should be discussed and agreed upon in case of radio failure.
An emergency rescue procedure needs to be developed by the employer and communicated to all workers involved in writing. The procedure should, at a minimum, address equipment failure, and injury to workers in the basket. Other items specific to the work site should also be considered and included in the procedure as applicable.
Finally, all workers are to receive instruction about the requirements and hazards associated with the manbasket work. How this instruction is performed is left up to the employer; however, a good method is to develop a safe job procedure and hand out a copy of it to employees as a part of their training. A copy should also be given to contractors using personnel baskets on site and their compliance with it should be required.
A safe job procedure should be tailored to fit the requirements of the company and should include items such as:
The safe job procedure should be kept in the crane and on site at all times for reference by workers on site as well as for the Ministry inspector, should he come to visit.