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In addition, manufacturing productivity can also be improved with scheduled maintenance to maintain proper equipment functionality and to help avert breakdown repairs. Failure to complete overhead crane and hoist inspections and proper equipment maintenance could lead to serious injury, death or destruction of property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OSHA says you can protect your workers by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Implementing a written and documented crane and hoist inspection and maintenance program.<\/li>\n<li>Training the operator to perform the required pre-shift inspection of the equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Training the operator to properly use the equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that the operator has read the manufacturers\u2019 operation manuals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and OSHA also says that employees\/operators should know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proper pre-shift inspection techniques and items to be inspected.<\/li>\n<li>Proper use of the equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Contents of manufacturers\u2019 operations manual.<\/li>\n<li>Lock out\/Tag out procedure.<\/li>\n<li>How to document the inspections.<\/li>\n<li>Who to contact in the event that a product requires service or repair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Crane Operating Signal Guide is an animated infographic that&#8217;ll break down the different hand signals used for crane operators. 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