Know your personal lifting limits and reduce them by half to ensure safety during manual handling. Use appropriate equipment like carts, slings, and palletizing to minimize physical strain and improve ...

A construction worker’s physical body is one of their greatest assets in this line of work, which is why it’s critical to ...

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Make certain that all lifts are subject to a regular program of scheduled maintenance. There are seven key steps that anyone working on commercial vehicles should observe before lifting heavy-duty ...

In Part 1, we discussed theory involved in building and using an A-Frame Gantry. In this article, we will build one to practice with. At the risk of sounding like we're concocting a recipe, we are ...

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In Part 2, we built a small A-Frame Gantry for a practice session. In this article, we will put the gantry to work to move a load. As should be noted for any kind of technical rescue training, these ...