Engineering Plant Guide
LIFT AND CRANE
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Excavators and Loading Shovels
- Description
- Excavators and Loading Shovels are used in a variety of industrial environments. Typically, this equipment is used for the excavation and subsequent loading of spoil and aggregate, in locations such as quarries, agricultural, highway maintenance and construction sites.
Such equipment comprises of supporting structures and booms, slew unit assemblies, outrigger stability support assemblies, hydraulic drive systems, buckets and quick hitches.
- Applicable Legislation
- PUWER
- Periodicity of Inspection
- 12 months
- Why Inspect It
- The main hazards associated with this equipment are loss of stability of equipment due to overload and loss of load due to boom assembly component failure.
The mechanical failure of critical load bearing components and lack of adequate stability support can all compromise safety to persons, both operating and in the vicinity of the equipment.
