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SAFE WORK PROCEDURE

SWP-025

REMOVAL OF DAMAGED RIGGING FROM SERVICE

Tag it. Isolate it. Tell someone. No one more lift.

DOCUMENT
GOSPEL-SWP-025
REVISION
01 CURRENT
EFFECTIVE
2026-09-01
OWNER
GOSPEL Safety
APPROVED BY
GOSPEL
REVIEW
2027-09-01

PURPOSE

Make sure failed gear cannot be picked up by the next rigger.

SCOPE

Any sling or hardware that fails inspection or is damaged in use on a lift under this program.

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

    STOP USING IT

    The hitch comes off. The lift waits or is re-rigged with serviceable gear.

  2. 02

    TAG

    What failed, when, who. Tied to the item.

  3. 03

    ISOLATE

    Off the working pile. In a reject bin, a locked bag, or the truck’s quarantine — not beside the good slings.

  4. 04

    REPORT

    GOSPEL-RPT-004 the same shift. Site if it is their gear.

  5. 05

    DO NOT REPAIR IN THE FIELD

    No wrapping tape as a WLL. No welding a hook. Destroy or return through the owner or the supervisor.

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

  • Anyone on the crew can stop gear
  • Rigger completes the tag and report

EQUIPMENT

  • Out-of-service tags
  • A place that is not the working pile

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

  • Leaving a cut sling “so nobody trips on it” on the pile
  • Cutting the tag off because the sling is “still good in the middle”

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

  • GOSPEL-FRM-003
  • GOSPEL-RPT-004

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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