ISO 12480-1:2024
(Main)Cranes — Safe use — Part 1: General
Cranes — Safe use — Part 1: General
This document establishes required practices for the safe use of cranes through implementing a safe system of work consisting of the task planning, selection, erection and dismantling, operation and maintenance of cranes, and the selection of operators, slingers and signallers. This document does not cover manually operated (non-powered) cranes, cranes in which at least one of its motions is manually operated and cranes mounted on water-borne vessels, except in those circumstances where a land-based crane is temporarily affixed to a vessel.
Appareils de levage à charge suspendue — Sécurité d'emploi — Partie 1: Généralités
La présente partie de l' ISO 12480 définit les pratiques permettant une utilisation en toute sécurité des appareils de levage à charge suspendue (appelés « grues » dans la suite du texte); ces pratiques comprennent les méthodes de travail de sécurité, la gestion, la planification, le choix, le montage, le démontage, le fonctionnement et la maintenance des appareils de levage à charge suspendue et la sélection des conducteurs, élingueurs et signaleurs.Elle ne traite pas des grues manoeuvrées manuellement (non motorisées), des grues pour lesquelles au moins un mouvement est effectué manuellement, ni des grues montées sur des navires, à l'exception des cas où une grue terrestre est montée temporairement sur un navire.
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ISO 12480-1
Second edition
Cranes — Safe use —
2024-08
Part 1:
General
Appareils de levage à charge suspendue — Sécurité d'emploi —
Partie 1: Généralités
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Safe system of work . 2
5 Personnel involved with crane activities . 3
5.1 Competency of personnel .3
5.2 Duties of personnel .3
5.2.1 Duties of crane operator .3
5.2.2 Duties of slinger.4
5.2.3 Duties of signaller .4
5.3 Communication system .4
5.4 Personal protective equipment .5
5.5 Crane access and fire prevention .5
5.5.1 Boarding and leaving the crane .5
5.5.2 Fire prevention .5
6 Crane activities . 5
6.1 Planning of crane activities .5
6.2 Crane selection .6
6.3 Crane placement .6
6.4 Crane erection and dismantling . .7
6.4.1 Identification of components.7
6.4.2 Electrical supply .7
6.4.3 Lightning protection .7
6.5 Crane operation .7
6.6 Remote operation .9
6.7 Operation in the vicinity of overhead electric power lines .9
6.8 Environmental considerations .9
6.8.1 Wind .9
6.8.2 Visibility .10
6.8.3 Rain, snow or ice .10
7 Maintenance, inspection and condition monitoring .10
7.1 Malfunctions, issues and incidents . .10
7.2 Leaving the crane unattended .10
8 Other lifting applications .11
8.1 Lifting with multiple cranes or multiple hoists .11
8.1.1 Multiple crane lifting .11
8.1.2 Multiple hoist lifting .11
8.1.3 Supervision . . 13
8.1.4 Coordination of crane motions . 13
8.2 Non-fixed load-lifting attachments . 13
8.2.1 Grab attachment .14
8.2.2 Magnet attachment .14
8.2.3 Vacuum lifting devices .14
8.2.4 Demolition (deconstruction) and other special lifting applications .14
8.3 Personnel lifting .14
Annex A (informative) Lifting and lowering of personnel .16
Bibliography .18
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 96, Cranes, Subcommittee SC 5, Use, operation
and maintenance.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 12480-1:1997), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— “driver” has been replaced by “operator” throughout the text;
— the requirements related to demolition ball operations have been removed;
— the requirements related to periodic checks have been removed;
— the requirements related to the communication system have been revised and incorporated into the
main text (see 5.3);
— the requirements related to crane activities ranging from crane planning, selection, placement, erection
and dismantling, operation, etc., have been combined into an independent clause (see Clause 6);
— the requirements related to remote operation have been added (see 6.6);
— the requirements related to lifting and lowering of persons have been made into an informative annex
(see Annex A).
A list of all parts in the ISO 12480 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.
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International Standard ISO 12480-1:2024(en)
Cranes — Safe use —
Part 1:
General
1 Scope
This document establishes required practices for the safe use of cranes through implementing a safe system
of work consisting of the task planning, selection, erection and dismantling, operation and maintenance of
cranes, and the selection of operators, slingers and signallers.
This document does not cover manually operated (non-powered) cranes, cranes in which at least one of its
motions is manually operated and cranes mounted on water-borne vessels, except in those circumstances
where a land-based crane is temporarily affixed to a vessel.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content consti
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