Safety Measures to be Taken Care of for Equipment Used in Construction Work on a Telecom Site

For construction of and GSM cell site following equipments is often in use

·      Batch Mixing Machine for concrete Mixing (Normally full load, 50Kg Cement, Machine is asked to be used)

·      Vibrator for Concrete compaction

·      Vibratory Plate or Reverse Vibratory Plate compactors for Soil Compaction

·      Crane for Tower Erection at some places

·      Chain Pulley for Tower Erection at some places and for lifting material like Generator on Rooftop Sites

·      Fast Moving Concrete Lifts for transporting concrete on Rooftop Sites

To use these equipments on site effectively and to have precautionary measures for any unforeseen risk of life or property following safety measures needs to be taken care of and adopted, with regard to use of equipments.

1.    Before start of work ensure that all equipment is in good working condition

2.    The moving or motion-transmitting components of any machinery and equipment used in construction works should be protected in a suitable manner.

3.    The electrical systems of machinery used in construction work should be properly earthed.

4.    Only trained staff is allowed to work on construction equipment.

5.    Staff using the equipment should be wearing respective personal protective equipment, and especially no operator with loose cloths is allowed to work on equipment

6.    Make sure that staff operating the equipment is alert all the time.