A project can be ready to lift, but it is not ready to work until the required documentation is in hand. So, who performs proof load certification? A qualified load-testing provider performs the test, records the results, and issues documentation that supports the...
A lift can be ready to perform and still be stopped at the gate. The missing piece is often not the equipment itself. It is the required observed test and a complete record showing that the equipment was tested under the conditions the inspector, owner, or project...
A lifting device that looks ready is not necessarily approved to work. When an inspector, GC, owner representative, or safety manager asks for paperwork, the job can stop until the equipment, test records, and identification all match. This lifting device approval...
An inspector finds a missing tag, an expired test certificate, or a hook with visible wear, and the lift stops before it starts. The top reasons inspections fail equipment on active jobs are rarely complicated. They are usually the result of a missed inspection...
A below-the-hook device can stop a lift before it starts. A spreader beam, lifting beam, plate clamp, pallet lifter, coil lifter, lifting frame, or custom fixture may look job-ready, but inspectors need documented evidence before approving it for service. Knowing how...
An inspection failure rarely starts when the inspector arrives. It usually starts weeks earlier with a missing tag, an expired certificate, a damaged sling left in service, or paperwork that cannot be matched to the equipment on site. Knowing how to pass equipment...
