Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment - Edition 9 (Nov 2019)

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Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment - Edition 9 (Nov 2019)

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LEEA’s Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment (COPSULE) provides expert guidance on safe lifting practice. The ninth edition was published in November 2019.

  • Comprehensive guidance 
  • Easy to use – full index for quick reference
  • Authoritative – written by industry experts
  • Up to date – revised to incorporate current industry practice
  • Globally applicable

The COPSULE is a practical guide for operating, maintenance, training and purchasing procedures relating to lifting equipment. It identifies and addresses the common causes of lifting and handling accidents, promoting safer working practices and helping to ensure all staff in positions of responsibility comply fully with relevant health and safety legislation.

Based on LEEA’s impartial, in-depth expertise and experience, the COPSULE covers both the general issues applicable to all lifting and handling operations and a wide range of specific equipment types. These include manual and power operated chain blocks and hoists, winches, girder trolleys, clamps, slewing jib cranes, runways, mobile gantries, jacks, slings, shackles, eyebolts, lifting beams, spreaders and frames, and electric overhead travelling cranes.

 

Contents include –

  • Definitions
  • Legal requirements
  • Principles for the selection of lifting equipment
  • Information to be exchanged between the user and designer/supplier
  • Marking, storage and handling
  • In-service inspection
  • Safe use of lifting equipment
  • Training
  • Recommended crane signals
  • Load estimation - weight and centre of gravity
  • Load security - balance and stability
  • Structures
  • Principles for the selection and use of multipurpose slings
  • Principles for the selection and use of lifting appliances
  • Planning the lifting operation
  • Guidance on written schemes of examination

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Please allow 10 working days for delivery within the UK.

 

You can find the PDF version of the LEEA COPSULE Edition 9.1 in the LEEA Document Library and it is free to download for everyone.

Free download link - www.leeaint.com/copsule