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Document ID (ISN)25893
CIS number 76-1505
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Title Safety manuals - Building contractors' plant - 4. Mobile cranes
Original title Manuels de sécurité - Engins de chantier - 4. Grues mobiles. [in French]
Bibliographic information Edition INRS n°516, Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, 30 rue Olivier-Noyer, 75680 Paris Cedex 14, France, Mar. 1976. 85p. Illus.
Abstract This handy pocket-sized manual, illustrated with humorous drawings, is intended for crane drivers and repairmen. Contents: points of law crane drivers should know (regulations); description of 2 types of mobile cranes (self-propelled cranes, truck-mounted cranes) and their equipment; precautions before starting up, on starting and during operation (how to lift a load, work on sloping ground, work with 2 cranes, etc.); special hazards (electrical hazards, demolition work, breakdown of crane on the worksite); crane drivers' behaviour (alcohol, taking due care, etc.); equipment and accessories; transport, maintenance and periodic checking of vehicle.
Descriptors (primary) France; mobile cranes; cranes
Descriptors (secondary) lifting of loads; manuals; preventive maintenance; periodical checks; legislation; qualifications; replaced; safe working methods
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Materials handling and storage
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Cranes