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SAFE WORK PROCEDURE

SWP-001

MOBILE CRANE SETUP

Put the crane on the ground the chart requires.

DOCUMENT
GOSPEL-SWP-001
REVISION
01 CURRENT
EFFECTIVE
2026-09-01
OWNER
GOSPEL Safety
APPROVED BY
GOSPEL
REVIEW
2027-09-01

PURPOSE

Set up a mobile crane so it can lift to the chart, on ground that can hold it, with a swing that will not hit people or plant.

SCOPE

Mobile cranes and boom trucks run under this program. Not tower erection. Not a substitute for the manufacturer’s setup.

This document is the method — the steps. Hazards, consequence and residual risk for the same work are in the JHA library. A procedure is not a hazard analysis. A hazard analysis is not a procedure.

PROCEDURE

  1. 01

    CONFIRM THE MACHINE

    Serial, configuration, counterweight, boom, jib, tyres or tracks, software — as assigned and as the chart.

  2. 02

    WALK THE PAD

    Supporting surface, excavations, cellars, backfill, underground services, slope, other cranes.

  3. 03

    POSITION

    Place the crane so the work is inside the chart and the swing does not take the counterweight through people or plant.

  4. 04

    OUTRIGGERS AND MATS

    Deploy as the chart. Mats sized for the load on the pad. Cribbing is a plan, not scrap.

  5. 05

    LEVEL

    Level within the manufacturer’s limit. Re-check after taking a test load if the ground can give.

  6. 06

    SWING AND LINES

    Boom up slowly. Confirm tail swing, boom clearance, overhead lines and other cranes.

  7. 07

    INSPECT AND BRIEF

    Complete pre-use. Brief signals and stop criteria. Then the hook.

RESPONSIBILITIES

This program

The published method for the work. Stop-work is named in it. It does not own the site.

Supervisor

Confirms the plan, the crew, the zone and the stop criteria. Owns whether the hook moves.

Crane operator

Runs only the machine they are competent on, to the chart, after inspection. Stops on an unclear signal or a broken plan.

Rigger

Selects, inspects and applies the hitch. Does not guess weight, centre of gravity or angle.

Signalperson

One set of hands on the crane. Holds the zone. STOP means stop.

Worker

Works to this program and to site rules — whichever is stricter. Uses the three rights. Reports damaged gear.

REQUIRED COMPETENCY

  • BC Crane Safety certificate for the class
  • Competency on this configuration
  • Able to read this chart

EQUIPMENT

  • The crane for this lift
  • Mats / cribbing as the plan
  • Level
  • Chart for this configuration

PPE

  • Hard hat
  • CSA-grade footwear
  • High-visibility clothing
  • Eye protection
  • Task-rated gloves
  • Hearing protection where required
  • Fall protection where the work exposes a fall

PROHIBITED PRACTICES

  • Lifting with outriggers short unless the chart for that configuration is in the cab and in use
  • Setting on covers, tanks or unknown backfill
  • Skipping the swing check

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Stop the lift. Make people safe. Land or hold the load if it can be done without a second incident. First aid. Notify the site and the employer. Hold the scene.

DOCUMENTATION

  • FLHA
  • Pre-use / inspection record
  • This SWP number and revision

REFERENCES

  • Workers Compensation Act s. 21 — known or reasonably foreseeable hazards; instruction and supervision
  • OHS Regulation (B.C. Reg. 296/97, in force 15 Apr 1998) Part 3 — OHS program, instruction, inspections
  • OHS Regulation Part 4 s. 4.13 — risk assessment where rescue or evacuation may arise
  • OHS Regulation Part 8 — PPE; headwear CSA Z94.1-05 or Z94.1-15
  • OHS Regulation Part 11 — fall protection
  • OHS Regulation Part 14 — Cranes and Hoists
  • 14.2(5) — CSA Z150-1998, or ASME B30.5-2004, or ASME B30.22-2005 (articulating boom)
  • 14.2(6) — CSA Z248-2004 for tower, hammerhead and self-erecting tower cranes
  • 14.35 pre-use inspection · 14.36 load weight · 14.42.1 critical lift · 14.44 loads over work areas · 14.45 unattended loads · 14.47–14.49 signals
  • OHS Regulation Part 15 — Rigging
  • Manufacturer load chart, manual and configuration limits
  • Site lift plan, FLHA and site rules where stricter

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