[Dsg-halla] cable movement

[Patrizia Rossi]

yes, I concur with Amrit recommendation: please don’t shortage any safety requirements!


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On 11 Jan 2019, at 11:30, Amrit Yegneswaran <yeg at jlab.org<mailto:yeg at jlab.org>> wrote:

mary ann,
thanks for the detailed report.
i concur with your findings.
as a support group, we'll support the endeavor of moving the cables o the test lab provided adequate manpower and appropriate equipment is available.
so to summarize, bogdan:

  1.  need flat bed truck.
  2.  need forklift.
  3.  i think four people are needed for the job and you need to conduct a risk assessment (Marc McMullen DSG) can help you if needed.
     *   the weight limit that a person is expected to lift at JLAB is < 40 lbs.
     *   attached excerpt from jlab safety:
Recommendations

           *   Risk Assessment
Individuals who assign and/or perform lifting tasks must assure that appropriate risk assessment is conducted. The following steps can be followed:



              *   Primary Risk Assessment

Using experience and common sense, the assessor determines whether the task involves an obviously routine lift. "Routine lifts" are common causes of back injury and warrant great respect. If primary risk assessment determines that the lift is routine, then the corresponding primary safety control is to follow the Safe Lifting Steps specified in Safe Lifting training and restated below. A lift is routine if it involves a load that is obviously lighter than 40 pounds, is not repetitive, is to be conducted by a qualified employee in a safe environment, and the “Safe Lifting Steps” specified later in this appendix can be followed. "Qualified employee" is a concept explained in Safe Lifting training and summarized below under "Load Weight Limits for Safe Lifting." "Safe environment" refers to an environment that adds no additional risk to that which is an inherent characteristic of the lift itself. For instance, a safe environment presents no challenge to sure footing.  Primary risk assessment is a casual, intuitive, but critical process.
        *   Interpretation: If the primary risk assessment determines that the lift is routine, then conduct the lift following the Safe Lifting Steps. Otherwise, proceed to secondary risk assessment.
  4.  Most importantly, I don't want anyone to shortchange  safety requirements.

amrit



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From: Dsg-halla <dsg-halla-bounces at jlab.org<mailto:dsg-halla-bounces at jlab.org>> on behalf of Mary Ann Antonioli <antoniol at jlab.org<mailto:antoniol at jlab.org>>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 10:55 AM
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Subject: [Dsg-halla] cable movement

Bogdan,
Sumudu spoke with Mindy this morning about moving cables from ESB to the Test Lab, using his car.
It is against JLab rules to use a personal vehicle for moving JLab equipment.  We managed to borrow a government pick-up truck from another group. Sumudu and four of us from DSG spent about an hour and a half moving 14 cables to the Test Lab.  In doing this, we realized a few things.
As a group, we don't have the proper vehicle to move these cables.  We can't guarantee the availability of the pick-up truck, and a flat-bed truck would probably be better.
With the weight of these cables, machines need to do more of the work.  The repetitive lifting could cause injury.  Possibly a fork-lift could be used to remove them from the rack and move them to a flat-bed truck.  We have neither a fork-lift driver or a flat-bed truck.
Mary Ann

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