BPU.S.PipelinesandLogistics(USPL)LiftingandRiggingSafetyManualPage1of19RevisionDate:September15,2015EffectiveDate:January1,2016NextReviewDate:September15,2020Papercopiesareuncontrolledandvalidonlyatthetimeofprinting.ThecontrolledversionofthisdocumentcanbefoundinDRMintheHSSEPoliciesfolder.LiftingandRigging1.PurposeByfollowingthispolicyandoperatingliftingdevicesinasafeandresponsiblemanner,injuriesandpropertydamagecanbeprevented.2.ScopeThispolicyappliestoallpersonswhooperatecranes(e.g.mobile,stationary,overhead),aerialcages,anyothermechanicalliftingdeviceswithassociatedrigging,andotherequipmentusedforlifting,suchasbackhoes,excavatingequipment,truck-mountedhoists,otherhoists,andchainfalls.Thepolicydoesnotapplytoforklifts,manlifts,personnel-elevatingworkplatforms,earth-movingequipment,orsimilarequipmentusedinitsintendedmannerandwithoutrigging.Ifanysituationarisesnotspecificallycoveredbythispolicy,aliftingplanshallbedevelopedandapprovedbytheDOMbeforeproceeding.3.MinimumRequirementsMinimumRequirementsSupportingDocumentation1.LiftsshallbeevaluatedfortheircriticalityintheplanningstageofthejoborbytheLiftOperatorpriortotheexecutionofthelift.AllliftsidentifiedasaCriticalLiftrequireacompletedCriticalLiftPermit.Sections7and82.AllCriticalLiftPermitsshallbeissuedbyanAssetOperatororAssetOperatorDesigneeandshallbereceivedbyaPerformingAuthority.Self-permittingisprohibited.Section83.ForNon-CriticalLifts,theAuthorizationtoWorkformshallbeusedpriortotheexecutionofthelift.Apermitisnotrequired.Section94.Allindividualsservinginrolesdefinedwithinthispolicyshallbecompetenttoexecutethoserolesaccordingtothispolicy.Section115.AllpersonnelperformingworkonbehalfofUSPLhavetheresponsibilityandauthoritytostopanyliftingoperationtheyconsidertobeunsafe.Section64.DefinitionsAnti-two-blockdevice—Adevicedesignedtowarnthecraneoperatorthatthehookblockisabouttohittheboomhead,whichcouldhaveseriousconsequences(damagetothecraneorcablebreakage,causingtheloadtofall).AssetOperator(AO)—ABPemployeewhoisresponsiblefortheoperationoftheassetwhereworkisbeingperformed.TheAssetOperatorshallbeaccountablefortheassetequipmentbeinginasafeconditionforthescopeofworktobeperformed.TheAssetOperatororanAssetOperatorDesignee(ifused)isresponsibleforthecompletionoftheATWform.AssetOperatorDesignee(AOD)—ABPemployeeorcontractorindividualwhoisauthorizedtoissueATWsand/orpermitsonbehalfoftheAssetOperator.BPU.S.PipelinesandLogistics(USPL)LiftingandRiggingSafetyManualPage2of19RevisionDate:September15,2015EffectiveDate:January1,2016NextReviewDate:September15,2020Papercopiesareuncontrolledandvalidonlyatthetimeofprinting.ThecontrolledversionofthisdocumentcanbefoundinDRMintheHSSEPoliciesfolder.Note:ReferencetheAuthorizationtoWorkpolicyforadditionalinformationChainfall—Anexampleofahoistingdeviceconsistingofachainsuspendedfromorlaidoverafixedstructuresuchasabeam,oronwellbuiltsawhorsesrestingonwellsupportedjoistsusedtoliftheavyobjects,suchassteelbeamsandvehicleengines.Dependingonthesituationtherearemanyothertemporaryrigsthatbeimprovisedforliftingheavyobjectswiththetool.Thisprincipleisverysimilartoablockandtackle.Crane—Power-operatedequipmentthatcanhoist,lowerandhorizontallymoveasuspendedload.Suchequipmentincludes,butisnotlimitedto:Articulatingcranes(suchasknuckle-boomcranes);crawlercranes;floatingcranes;cranesonbarges;locomotivecranes;mobilecranes(su...