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OSHA Overhead and Gantry Cranes Checklist

by Bakel Bakel, from the Community

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Use this OSHA overhead and gantry cranes checklist to ensure safe operation and compliance with OSHA 1910.179. The template covers general requirements, stops and guards, braking systems, electrical components, and hoisting equipment. It guides daily, monthly, and annual inspections, testing of hoist, trolley, bridge travel, and limit switches, and outlines maintenance practices including lockout tagout and out-of-service procedures. Rope inspection criteria, load handling, signaling, operator practices, and documentation requirements are also included to help standardize inspections and improve safety.

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