6.3 Load handling equipment

A lifting operation using mechanical equipment requires the equipment to be:

• 1 Used by anyone
• 2 Painted yellow
• 3 Strong, stable and marked with its safe working load
• 4 Cheap

Which equipment is a load handling aid?

• 1 Eyewash station
• 2 Fire blanket
• 3 Hearing protector
• 4 Pallet truck

Lifting equipment needs:

• 1 Periodic inspection and examination
• 2 Annual painting only
• 3 No inspection
• 4 Inspection only when new

Which of these is a hazard of fork-lift trucks?

• 1 Vibration from a hand tool
• 2 Radiation
• 3 Dermatitis
• 4 Overturning

The safe working load of lifting equipment is:

• 1 Its weight only
• 2 The maximum load it is rated to lift safely, marked on the equipment
• 3 The load it breaks at
• 4 Always the same for every crane

Equipment used for lifting operations must be:

• 1 Unmarked
• 2 Strong, stable and suitable
• 3 Used without inspection
• 4 Used by anyone

Lifting operations must be:

• 1 Done only at night
• 2 Planned, supervised and carried out by competent persons
• 3 Done quickly without a plan
• 4 Left to untrained workers

Lifting equipment needs inspection and examination by:

• 1 A customer
• 2 Any worker
• 3 A visitor
• 4 A competent person at regular intervals

Equipment for lifting people needs:

• 1 Less inspection
• 2 No special requirements
• 3 Extra requirements beyond those for loads
• 4 Lower safe working loads

A pallet truck is an example of:

• 1 Machine guarding
• 2 A fire detector
• 3 A load handling aid
• 4 Hearing protection

A crane hook has no marked safe working load. This is:

• 1 A sign of good practice
• 2 Acceptable
• 3 A legal requirement
• 4 A defect that should be corrected before use

A hazard of overloading lifting equipment is:

• 1 Failure and dropping the load
• 2 Hearing loss
• 3 Heat stress only
• 4 Dermatitis

A hazard of conveyors is:

• 1 Legionella
• 2 Radon
• 3 Trapping and entanglement
• 4 Radiation burns

Why are records of inspection kept?

• 1 To avoid maintenance
• 2 To show that equipment has been examined and is safe
• 3 To replace the inspection
• 4 To save paper

A hoist should be positioned and installed:

• 1 Anywhere
• 2 Without checking the floor
• 3 Correctly so that it is stable
• 4 Without a safe working load