Based on the Occupational Health and Safety Law published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the same ministry issued the Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment in 2013. This regulation specifies the minimum health and safety requirements for the use of work equipment in the workplace.
In the annex of the mentioned Regulation on Maintenance, Repair and Periodic Controls (Annex 3), the principles for lifting and conveying equipment are given.
Regular inspections of these machines should only be carried out by mechanical engineers, machine technicians or high technicians. If non-destructive testing methods are to be applied in the controls to be carried out, the controls must be carried out by engineers, technicians or technicians trained according to the TS EN ISO 9712 standard (formerly TS EN 473 standard). The new Machinery Safety Directive is in place.
In these regulations, lifting machines are generally defined as those machines capable of effectively and safely lifting and holding air at least one and a half times the heaviest load accepted, and with sufficient brakes to withstand this load.
Hoisting machines must be inspected by persons who use them before starting work. In addition, the steel ropes, chains, hooks, brakes and automatic stoppers of these machines must be inspected by a qualified technical expert every three months. After such checks, a control document must be issued and stored in a special file.
In the annex (Annex-III) of the related regulation explaining the issues related to maintenance, repair and periodic controls, the following principles regarding lifting and transmission equipment are included under the title of work equipment subject to periodic control:
Unless there is a contrary criterion in the standards, lifting and conveying equipment can effectively and safely lift and hold at least the 1,25 floor of the declared load. In addition, lifting and transmission equipment must have load brakes resistant to this load.
Regular inspections of lifting and conveying equipment should be carried out by mechanical engineers, machine technicians or high technicians. If these regular inspections are to be carried out by non-destructive testing methods, inspections should only be carried out by engineers, technicians or technicians trained in accordance with the TS EN 473 standard.
In the annex of the said regulation, the regular inspection criteria and control periods of some lifting and conveying equipment are shown.
Most of the accidents in the workplace are caused by the lack of regular maintenance of the machinery and equipment. Preventing such incidents that result in death and ensuring the safety of employees is the first priority of enterprises.
In fulfilling these responsibilities, the enterprises are obliged to have regular checks to ensure that the risky machines, which create danger during their operation, have the necessary conditions. Machines that are found to be at risk in some way should be repaired in a short time and stopped to be used within this period.
The regulation also provides a number of additional conditions for regular checks.
Our organization conducts regular checks of lifting and conveying equipment in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Law and the Regulation on Health and Safety in the Use of Work Equipment. It also conducts these checks and reports on the basis of the authority they have received from national and international accreditation bodies. It is of no value to have these controls performed by a non-accredited testing and inspection body.
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