Material Handling Safety
Height, Lifting & Equipment Safety

Material Handling Safety

Safe rigging, stacking, palletising, and slinging practices for moving raw materials, components, and heavy finished goods across production facilities.

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Material Handling Safety
Safe Material Handling

Who it is for

Warehouse personnel, riggers, storekeepers, logistics supervisors, and dispatch teams.

What you will learn

  • Inspect synthetic webbing slings, wire ropes, and shackles prior to any lift
  • Understand Safe Working Load (SWL) and Working Load Limit (WLL) derating factors
  • Apply correct sling hitch configurations: straight, choker, and basket hitches
  • Implement safe warehouse stacking, racking load distribution, and pedestrian aisle separation

Objectives are proposed syllabus content, shared for your review and adjusted to your facility.

Topics covered

  1. 1Rigging hardware: shackles, eye bolts, lifting beams, and web slings
  2. 2Impact of sling angles on tension: why angles below 45 degrees multiply sling stress
  3. 3Centre of gravity determination for irregular and unbalanced loads
  4. 4Standard hand signals for communication between riggers and equipment operators

Practical activities

  • Inspection of damaged web slings (cuts, acid burn, UV degradation, broken stitching)
  • Demonstration of sling hitch configurations on a test load

Delivery and site needs

Delivery arrangements

Venue and delivery arrangements are confirmed during enquiry.

Site space and clearance

Warehouse or yard with access to rigging hardware and sample loads.

Frequently asked questions

When must a synthetic lifting sling be condemned and removed from service?
Slings showing missing capacity tags, core yarn exposure, cuts, chemical damage, or knotting must be cut in half immediately to prevent reuse.

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