Mechanical Plant and Equipment: 6(a) Mechanical Handling Plant and Equipment Heavy

machinery, equipment, or parts thereof, which are suspended or held aloft by substantially
blocked to prevent falling or shifting before employees are permitted to work under or
between them. Bulldozer and scraper bladed, end loader buckets, dump bodies, and similar
equipment, shall be either fully lowered or blocked when being repaired or when not in use.
All controls shall be in a neutral position with the motors or engines stopped and brakes set.
Whenever the equipment is parked, the parking brake shall be set. Equipment parked on
inclines shall have the wheels chocked and the parking brake set. 6(b) Access Roadways and
Grades Contractor shall move or cause to be moved construction equipment or vehicles upon
any access roadway or grade unless the access roadway or grade is constructed and
maintained to accommodate safely the movement of the equipment and vehicles involved.
6(c) Roll Over Protective Structures 1) Material handling equipment such as rubber–tired,
self propelled scrapers, rubber tired front end loader, dozers, wheel type tractors, loaders,
crawler tractors, loaders, and motor graders in construction sites shall be equipped with
rollover protective structures to minimize the possibility of the operator being crushed as a
result of a rollover or upset. 2) No person other than trained operator shall operate the heavy
equipment. 3) All bi-directional machines such as rollers, compactors, front-end loaders,
excavators, bulldozers and similar equipment shall be equipped with a horn, distinguishable
from the surrounding noise level. 6(d) Forklift trucks 1) The forklift trucks shall i. Be of
sound construction, adequate strength and free from patent defects. ii. Be properly maintained
iii. Be provided with overhead protection for the driver. Government of Dubai Dubai
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Issue Date 29.10.08 Page 19 of 104 iv. Be provided with an automatic reverse activated horn
or buzzer and light. 2) No person other than the trained certified/ licensed person shall
operate forklift trucks. 3) No attachment shall be incorporated on the forklift unless necessary
precautions are taken against the possible changes in the designed specifications such as load
centre, maximum safe load, capacity etc. 4) All persons, drivers and banks-men shall be
thoroughly conversant with the factors which affect the stability of the forklift in operation.
6(e) Excavators 1) No excavator shall be used unless it has been thoroughly examined by a
responsible maintenance personnel during the preceding 12 months to ensure that equipment
is safe. 2) The thorough examination shall be done after any substantial alteration or repair
which could affect the safe working of the machine. 3) No person shall be allowed to work or
stands near the operating boom or the tail swing of an excavator. 4) When the excavator is
being adopted for use as crane, slings shall be secured to a correctly designed and
manufactured lifting point. 5) No person shall stand under the load when using an excavator
as a crane. 6(f) Operating Procedures of material handling equipment All the earthmoving
and mechanical handling equipment shall be operated as per the manufacturer’s instruction
taking adequate precautions at all stages of its operation. 6(g) Rigging Equipment for
material handling No chain, rope or lifting gear shall be used in raising or lowering or as a
means of suspension unless it is safe. Government of Dubai Dubai Technology and Media
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104 6(g) (1) Alloy Steel Chains i. All the welded alloy steel chain slings shall have
permanently affixed identification stating size, grade, rated capacity and sling manufacturer
name. ii. Hooks, rings, welded or mechanical coupling links and other attachments when used
with alloy steel chains shall have rated capacity at least equal to that of chain. iii. Job or shop
hooks and links or make shift fasteners, formed from bolts, rods etc. or other such
attachments, shall not be used. (It is strictly prohibited). iv. Rated capacity (working load
limit) for alloy steel chain slings (Single/multi-leg) shall not exceed the values given by the
manufacturer. v. Whenever wear at any point of any chain link exceeds 10 percent reduction
in diameter the chain shall not be used. 6(g)(2) Wire rope i. The safe working load
recommended by the manufacturer for various sizes and classifications for wire ropes shall be
followed. ii. Wire ropes shall not be secured by knots. iii. Each wire rope used in hoisting or,
lowering or in pulling loads shall consist of one continuous piece without knot or splice. iv.
Wire rope shall not be used if in any length of eight diameters, the total number of visible
broken wires exceeds 10 percent of total number of wires, or if the rope shows other signs of
excessive wear, corrosion, or defect. v. Wire ropes shall not be used in lifting operations with
upper end and lower end (eyes) made with temporary clips or clamps. vi. All the wire rope
slings shall be examined and tested by competent person of third party and certificate shall be
obtained. vii. All splices in rope slings shall be made in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendation. viii. Spliced fiber rope slings shall not be used unless they have been
spliced as per the manufacturer’s recommendation. ix. Knots shall not be used in lieu of
splices. x. Natural and synthetic fiber rope slings shall be immediately removed from service
if any of the following conditions are present. Abnormal wear. Powdered fiber between
strands Broken or cut fibers. Variations in the size or roundness of strands. Distortion
of hardware in the sling. Government of Dubai Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone
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Natural rope and synthetic fiber i. Synthetic webbing shall be of uniform thickness and width
and selvage edges shall not be split from the webbing width. ii. Fittings shall be Of a
minimum breaking strength equal to that of the sling, and Free of all sharp edges that could
in any way damage the webbing. iii. Stitching shall be the only method used to attach end
fittings to webbing and to form eyes. The thread shall be in an eyes pattern and contain a
sufficient number of stitches to develop the full breaking strength of the sling. iv.
Manufacturer’s test certificate of all synthetic webbing slings shall be maintained at
workplace for inspection by ZADC. 6(g) (4) Synthetic webbing i. When synthetic webbing
slings are used the following precautions shall be taken Nylon web slings shall not be used
where fumes, vapors, sprays, mists or liquid of acids or phenolics are present. Polyester
and polypropylene web slings shall not be used where fumes, vapors, sprays, mists or liquids
of caustics are present. 6(g) (5) Environmental Condition i. Synthetic web slings shall be
immediately removed from service if any of the following conditions are present. Acid or
caustic burns Melting or charging of any part of the sling surface. Snags, punctures,
tears or cuts Broken or worn stitches Distortion of fittings