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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators Service Providers GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE FOR LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND LIFTING OPERATIONS
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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators and Service Providers GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE FOR LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND LIFTING OPERATIONS Code: DPR Guide 0024 - 2020 Revision Date: 1st August 2020 This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved 6 2.2 Lifting Equipment Work equipment for lifting or lowering loads and its attachments used for anchoring, fixing or supporting it. It includes any lifting accessories that attach the load to the machine in addition to the equipment which carries out the actual lifting function. Lifting equipment encompasses Lifting Appliances and Lifting Accessories. 2.3 Lifting Appliances Any lifting machine, driven by manual or mechanical power that is able to raise, lower or suspend loads, and includes the supporting structure and all plant, equipment and gear used in connection with such a machine, but excludes continuous mechanical handling devices (i.e. conveyors) such as but not limited to: i. Cranes (tower, mobile etc), ii. Wall / Pillar Cranes, Derricks, Swing Jibs and Davits, iii. Runway Beams, Monorails, All Pad Eyes are lifting gears, Gin Poles and Gin Wheels, iv. Winches, Hoists (air and electric), Crabs, Telfer Hoists, v. Chain Blocks, Wire Rope Pulling Machines, Pull Lifts, Trolleys, vi. Powered working Platforms, vii. Elevators and Lifts, viii. Forklifts, Self-Loader and Side Booms, ix. Lifting Jacks (pneumatic or hydraulic). 2.4 Lifting Accessories or Loose Gear Any item used to connect a load (connecting units) to the lifting appliances but which is not in itself a part of the load or the equipment, such as: i. Chains slings and Wire Ropes slings,
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