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Weekly Gondola Management Plan

The suspended working platform should be load tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner before the suspended working platform is put into use after installation and repositioning. The suspended working platform is inspected by a competent person every 7 days. Moreover, each day, before operation is commenced, the suspended working platform including the roof rig is inspected to see that it is sound and has not been interfered with in any way
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03/11/2023

Weekly Gondola Management Plan

The suspended working platform should be load tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner before the suspended working platform is put into use after installation and repositioning. The suspended working platform is inspected by a competent person every 7 days. Moreover, each day, before operation is commenced, the suspended working platform including the roof rig is inspected to see that it is sound and has not been interfered with in any way

    1. Load Test

    Every suspended working platform has to be further load tested and thoroughly examined by acompetent examiner when the suspended working platform has subsequently undergone

    Substantial repair

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Re-erection, including erection following its removal to a different location

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Adjustment to any member of the suspended working platform, being an adjustment whichinvolves changes in the arrangements for anchoring or supporting the suspended working platform; or

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Failure or collapse. A certificate in an approved form stating that the suspended working platform is in safe working order shall be obtained from the competent examiner after theexamination.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    The suspended working platform should be subjected to a proof load of 110% of the working load limit (WLL). Functional/operational test on the following items should then be carried out:

    All mechanisms involving the lifting, lowering, slewing, transversing, luffing and telescoping

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    The service brake, emergency stop and the manual descend facility

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    2. Preventive Maintenance

    In general, a weekly inspection should cover but not limited to the following items, if applicable:

    (a) Electrical System and Components. The following electrical components of the suspended working platform should be visually checked to ensure that they are properly protected and without any patent defect: - earth wiring at the source of electricity supply;

    Connections to the source of electricity supply

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Electrical cables/wiring

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Electric motors

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Control panel

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Push buttons, emergency stop buttons, selector switches, etc.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    (b) Lifelines and Safety Belts

    All lifelines should be checked to ensure that they are properly and independently secured to permanent structures of the building and that they do not pass over sharp edges.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    The lifelines should also be checked for the presence of any signs of excessive wear and tear, deformation or distortion.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Safety belts/safety harnesses together with their arresting devices should be checkedto ensure that they are in good condition.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    (c) Anchorage and Support. Every component for fixing or anchoring the suspended working platform including roof fixing should be checked to ensure that they are in proper position, securely tightened and in good condition. Typical components requiring attention include:

    Holding-down bolts

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Bolts and nuts

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Tie-back ropes

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Tie-bars

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Tying in rope

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Turn-buckles

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Bracings/ledgers; and

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Stiffeners/paddings.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    The structure for supporting the suspended working platform should also be checked to seewhether there are any visual cracks, deformation, corrosion or dislocation. The structure usuallycomes under one of the following categories

    Luffing/telescoping jibs

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Davit arms

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Monorail

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Outriggers

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Counterweighted suspension beams

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Parapet clamps

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Parapet hooks

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail
Source: MaintainX (Community Member)

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