Safety on Your Site

Every boom delivery works to a site-specific job hazard analysis, written for that job and signed by the crew before the lift. It is not a filed policy that nobody reads. It names the steps in order, the hazards at each step, and the control for each hazard, in the order OSHA asks for them — eliminate, substitute, engineer, administer, then PPE last, because PPE is the last line and not the plan.

A competent person inspects the site and coordinates access with the GC. Barricades go up around the truck, the boom swing, and the fall zone. Overhead electrical and structural obstructions get identified and guarded. The receiving surface, its floor capacity, and its fall protection get verified before anything is lifted to it. Route, weather, signals, and the emergency plan are confirmed with the crew. If a hazard is identified, work pauses until it is corrected or controlled.

One designated spotter — assigned by name, not whoever is closest
Documented pre-use inspection — truck, boom, forks, clamp, and the overload-prevention device, function-tested by a designated person
Load chart on board — weight, radius, and configuration verified against rated capacity before the lift, not after
Firm and level setup — outriggers and pads per the manufacturer, parking brake and wheel chocks set
Low trial lift — a few inches over a clear area, with the spotter confirming balance, support, and positive retention before it goes up
Nobody underneath — no person enters or passes beneath a suspended load, at any point

Loads are fully supported, centered on the forks, and positively retained with an approved clamp. We do not lift a load that cannot be centered, supported, and retained. If the load moves or the setup shows instability, it comes down immediately and gets reconfigured.

Unsafe equipment is tagged out and the defect reported before use. Defective equipment comes out of service — it does not get finished with and dealt with later. Operator manuals and correct load charts stay with the truck.

Properly fitting hard hat and high-visibility garment, safety glasses with side shields, cut-resistant work gloves, and safety-toe slip-resistant footwear. If your site requires more than that, tell us at the order and our driver will have it.

It gets written up and it gets fixed. We investigate, document the incident, and issue a corrective action plan that changes the procedure — which is where a good part of the protocol on this page came from. You will hear about anything that happens on your site from us, the same day, before you hear it from anyone else.

Certificates of insurance, additional-insured endorsements, our safety program, and job hazard analyses are available on request. Send your prequal package to the branch running your job and we will turn it around rather than sit on it.