CRANE SAFETY Ӏ REPORT


j Some of the safety assessment related activities that were conducted during the most recent HESC Committee visits involved: checking the overall condition of heavy equipment for damage or potential failures; ensuring all equipment has valid periodical inspection stickers along with load rating charts; checking the validity of crane operators’ certificates; ensuring the implementation of reliable housekeeping procedures for equipment and rigging hardware; ensuring that certified third-party inspection companies are doing their inspections as expected and have spotted all problems; as well as highlighting any recommendations for the overall site improvements So although Saudi Aramco


already has tight and efficient safety systems with regards


Spot checks help secure compliance


Saudi Aramco’s HESC visits all its facilities and mega- projects, too. Here the HESC is at the company’s Fadhili Gas Plant Project


to lifting activities, it says that conducting these frequent site assessment visits to all its different facilities contributes further to ensuring safety. Not only do they improve safety procedures but they help ensure


the compliance of employees with safety requirements, enhance the technical connection between department members by providing the opportunity to share expertise, and increase all round company safety awareness.


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