Timing and Assigning Wire Rope Sling Inspections
The reasons to properly inspect your wire rope slings are plentiful. Beyond being a safety hazard, a faulty or damaged wire rope sling can cost you in citation fines, production loss, and wasted time on the job. Therefore, it’s critical for crews to not only schedule wire rope sling inspections with adequate forethought, but also assign them to the proper party. Assigning a Competent Person A wire rope sling inspection isn’t a task to be handed off to the nearest crewmember. It’s a critical process that requires an assigned inspector, or a competent person. According to OSHA, a competent person is “One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings, or working conditions which are unsanitary, […]