LIFTING DEVICES - Safety Groups

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1OFSWAASTIFOOntario Forestry SafeWorkplace AssociationAssociation pour la s curit au travail dans l industrie foresti re de l Ontario Safe Workplace Ontario - Advanced ModuleLIFTING DEVICESDecember 2003, Version DEVICESSTANDARDTo have a program that provides an inventory of LIFTING DEVICES used in the workplace, as well as requirements for operator competency training and the examination and preventive maintenance of the LIFTING DEVICES . INTRODUCTIONOntario s Regulations for Industrial Establishments (RIE) defines a LIFTING device as a device that is used to raise or lower any material or object and includes its rail and other supports but does not include a device to which the Elevating DEVICES Act applies . This definition covers a wide range of equipment used in forestry, including all LIFTING attachments on mobile equipment, log loaders, booms, hoists, blocks and tackles, winches, jacks, overhead cranes, forklifts and scissor lifts, as well as rigging accessories such as slings, chains and wire ropes.

4 OFSWA ASTIFO Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace Association Association pour la sécurité au travail dans l’industrie forestière de l’Ontario

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