Basics Plan the task before doing it Wear appropriate PPE Follow lifting procedures Pretask planning make sure the load is too big too heavy or too hard to grasp Watch for protruding nails wires or sharp edges ID: 638548
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Intro to Material HandlingSlide2
Basics
Plan the task before doing it
Wear appropriate PPE
Follow lifting procedures
Pre-task planning
make sure the load is too big, too heavy, or too hard to grasp
Watch for protruding nails, wires, or sharp edgesSlide3
If you can not lift be yourself, get help
Inspect the path of travel – look for things that can make you slip, trip, or fall
Read warning labels – be aware of hazards
PPE
No loose clothing, tuck in and button shirts, remove jewelry, wear gloves whenever there are times you can get hurtSlide4
Remove gloves when working with rotating equipment
Plan before lifting
or lowering a load – find out how
, when, size
Frim footing, good grip
,
lift with legs,
keep back straight, keep head upSlide5
Keep aisles clear, keep away from the weather, follow carton guidelines, stack pipes so that they will not role, tie down if possible, store flammables away from things that will
ignite
When stacking bags that are the same width, step back and cross the bags every 10 bags high
Don’t store materials on scaffoldsSlide6
Knots
Square knot – used to tie the ends of a rope around an object –commonly used to join two lengths of rope together in low-strain applications –same size rope
Bowline knot – used to form a secure loop in the end of a rope – does not slip or bind when under a loadSlide7
Half-hitch – ties a rope around an object like a nail, bar, post, or ring – commonly used for tasks like suspending items from overhead beams – stable knot but not for heavy loads
Clove hitch – one of the most widely used hitches – quick and secure tension knot on a fixed object that serves as an anchor – comes loose as soon as tension is removed – can
bind – can use two half hitches to tieSlide8
Material handling equipment
Non-motorized
Material cart – platform truck – platform with casters – transport materials around a
jobsite – make sure you do not exceed the weight
Hand truck – dollies, two – wheeled carts used to transport heavy loads
Cylinder carts – used to carry gas cylinders
Wheelbarrow – one or two wheeled vehicle with handles at the rearSlide9
pipe mule – two-wheeled device used to carry medium length pieces of pipe, tubing, or scaffolding
Pallet jack – typically uses hydraulics to lift and move heavy or stacked
pallets
A roller skid may have a rotating table surface or spikes on the tableSlide10
Motorized – be trained, certified, authorized
Powered wheelbarrow – power buggy – like a manual wheelbarrow, but with a motor
Concrete mule – Georgia buggy – moves concrete, sand, gravel
Freight elevator – most of them close from top to bottom – heavy dutySlide11
Industrial forklift – power operated – lift, lower, transport large equipment – usually used on flat, solid ground
Rough terrain forklift – used on irregular surfaces – not
paved
Fall zone – any area where lifted material can fall – keep the load lowSlide12
Forklift symbols
Raise the tines – forearm vertical, forefinger pointing up, move hand in small horizontal circle
Lower the tines – arm extended, palm down, lower arm vertically
Tilt mast back – forearm vertical, thumb extended, jerk thumb over shoulderSlide13
Tilt mast forward –arm extended, fingers closed, thumb pointing downward, lower arm vertically
Move tines in direction finger points – arm extended, palm down, point forefinger in direction of movement
Dog (pause) everything – clasp hands in front of bodySlide14
Stop – extend both arms, palms
down
When using hand signals maintain eye contact with
the operator