Tag: Mechanical hazards (M)

  • SSI-M-1-7 – Forklift trucks

    Forklift trucks The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to forklift trucks, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”. This Specific Safety Instruction does not apply to pallet trucks.

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  • SSI-M-1-6 – Lifting tables, vehicle lifts and tail lifts

    Lifting tables, vehicle lifts and tail lifts The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to lifting tables, vehicle lifts and tail lifts, and their components, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”. This equipment includes: elevating work platforms installed temporarily or permanently, powered manually

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  • SSI-M-1-5 – MEWP, suspended platforms, mast-climbing platforms and rail-dependent storage and retrieval equipment

    MEWP, suspended platforms, mast-climbing platforms and rail-dependent storage and retrieval equipment The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP), suspended platforms, mast-climbing platforms and rail-dependent storage and retrieval equipment, and their components, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”.

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  • SSI-M-1-4 – Manually powered lifting equipment

    Manually powered lifting equipment The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to the following manually powered lifting equipment and accessories, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”: • pulley blocks; • lever hoists and their supports; • hand chain blocks and their supports; •

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  • SSI-M-1-3 – Non-fixed load-lifting accessories

    Non-fixed load-lifting accessories The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to the following non-fixed load-lifting accessories, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”: • electro-permanent lifting magnets; • permanent lifting magnets; • C-hooks; • lifting electromagnets (battery or mains fed); • lifting forks; •

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  • SSI-M-1-2 – Cranes, bridges cranes, gantry cranes and power driven hoists

    Cranes, bridges cranes, gantry cranes and power driven hoists The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to cranes, bridge cranes, gantry cranes and power-driven hoists, and their accessories, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”.

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  • SSI-M-1-1 – Slings and lifting chains

    Slings and lifting chains The purpose of this Specific Safety Instruction is to define the additional Safety requirements relating to slings and lifting chains, compared to General Safety Instruction GSI-M-1 “Lifting equipment and accessories”.

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  • GSI-M-5 – Lifts

    Lifts The purpose of this General Safety Instruction is to define the minimum Safety requirements applying to lifts and their safety components used or intended for use at CERN. This General Safety Instruction does apply to the worksite lifts.

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  • GSI-M-4 – Cryogenic equipment

    Cryogenic equipment The purpose of this General Safety Instruction is to define the minimum Safety requirements applying to all cryogenic equipment and accessories belonging to or hired by CERN or the collaborating institutions, used or intended for use at CERN, and to all associated activities.

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  • GSI-M-2 – Standard pressure equipment

    Standard pressure equipment The purpose of this General Safety Instruction is to define the minimum Safety requirements applying to all standard pressure equipment and accessories belonging to or hired by CERN or the collaborating institutions, used or intended for use at CERN, and to all associated activities. This General Safety Instruction does not apply to

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