BasicRiggingWorkbookTrainingandQualificationsProgramOffice-2--3-TableofContentsDetermineTaskandJob-SiteRequirements...................................................................4CharacterizetheLoad.....................................................................................................7Specify,Select,andInspectRiggingEquipment...........................................................15WireRopeSlings.....................................................................................................15SyntheticSlings.......................................................................................................18Hooks.......................................................................................................................21Shackles..................................................................................................................22EyeBolts..................................................................................................................24HoistRings..............................................................................................................26Turnbuckles.............................................................................................................28UsingRopeinRiggingApplications.........................................................................29Lift,Maneuver,andMoveLoad.....................................................................................31HandlingSymmetricalLoads...................................................................................31HandlingAsymmetricalLoads.................................................................................32MovingLoadsthroughVerticalOpenings................................................................33MovingLoadsthroughHorizontalOpenings............................................................34MovingLoadsaroundoroverObstacles.................................................................35MovingLoadsinCloseProximities..........................................................................36Upending,Inverting,andRollingLoads...................................................................38LiftingwithHand-OperatedChainHoists......................................................................39Appendices...................................................................................................................42CarbonSteelPipeSizeChart.......................................................................................43WeightofCommonMaterials...................................................................................44HandSignals...........................................................................................................45-4-DetermineTaskandJob-SiteRequirementsInordertoensurethesafetyofworkersandtheequipmentinvolved,anyoperationinvolvingtheuseofacranetoliftitemsmustbeplannedthoroughlybeforebeingcarriedout.Thepurposeofthisdocumentistodiscusstherequirementsforplanningandperforminganincidentalliftusinganoverheadcraneandcommonlyavailableriggingcomponents,suchasslings,shackles,eyebolts,andturnbuckles.The"LiftingSafety"SubjectArea,foundintheBrookhavenNationalLaboratory(BNL)Standards-BasedManagementSystem(SBMS),governsallliftsconductedatBNL.TheSubjectAreacontainsguidancetha...