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Document ID (ISN)77321
CIS number 01-1382
ISBN(s) 2-85599-440-3
Year 2000
Convention or series no. INRS ED 516
Title Mobile cranes
Original title Grues mobiles [in French]
Bibliographic information Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, 30 rue Olivier-Noyer, 75680 Paris Cedex 14, France, 3rd ed., Aug. 2000. 91p. Illus.
Abstract This booklet is primarily aimed at operators of mobile cranes and persons responsible for their maintenance, with certain parts addressed more particularly to managers and supervisors. Contents include: general information on mobile cranes including regulations; types of mobile cranes (self-propelled cranes and truck mounted cranes); what needs to be done before starting up, on starting and during operation (how to lift a load, work on sloping ground, work with two cranes, etc.); special hazards (electrical hazards, demolition work, malfunction of the crane on the worksite); safe behaviour; equipment and accessories; moving and transporting mobile cranes; what needs to be done at the end of the working day; maintenance.
Descriptors (primary) France; training material; construction industry; mobile cranes
Descriptors (secondary) truck-mounted cranes; lifting of loads; training manuals; preventive maintenance; safety guides; legislation; qualifications; periodical checks; safe working methods
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Materials handling and storage
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Construction industry and civil engineering
OSH training
Cranes