The briefing before the lift
Everyone with a role has heard the plan — not been sent it. Short, concrete
and on site:
- What is being lifted, from where and to where
- Who holds which role, said by name
- Which channel, which stop word
- Where the zone is, and who keeps it
- What stops the lift, and what we do then
- Whether anyone is unsure of anything — and that question is asked, not merely offered
See the article Toolbox talks worth attending.
During
If the assumptions change, work stops and it is planned again. That is not a
detour — it is the entire point of having planned.
The documentation
What must be documented and how follows from the employer’s system and from
the regulations. See regulations. The point is not
the filing cabinet but that a shared understanding exists which someone can go
back to — including if it goes wrong.
After the lift
- Was it carried out as planned
- Was there anything surprising — and is it written down
- Should anything change for next time
- Have deviations and near misses been reported
The prompt sheet
The prompt sheet gathers the questions
from this whole section onto one page, for use as preparation before the plan is
written.
The plan is the employer's. Under § 18-6 lifting operations must be planned and carried out properly, with the necessary organisation and competence, and that duty sits with the employer. These pages explain how a plan is built and what each element means — they are not a plan, and nothing here substitutes for an assessment made by someone competent for the specific lift. Where a figure is needed — capacity, distance, bearing pressure, wind limit — it comes from the crane's documentation, the equipment certificate or the relevant specialist, never from this site.