Why are Crane Safety Lights and Warning Buzzers, Horns, and Sirens Important?
Many manufacturing companies use overhead cranes to transport loads from one area to another. These overhead cranes are heavily used, daily. Often, employees are hard at work in the same vicinity as the overhead cranes while they are in use. Crane’s impressive lifting capabilities paired with a lack of situational awareness can lead to major injuries in the workplace. Accident or injury in the workplace is unfortunate because it leads to both monetary losses as well as physical harm to an employee.
Warning Sirens, Buzzers, and Horns (Audible Signal)
For many years, audible alarms have been the solution to creating awareness of the proximity of an overhead crane or load. Per OSHA, cranes equipped with radio controls or cab controls are required to have horns, buzzers, or sirens to provide an audible warning to other personnel while cranes or loads are in motion. Audible alarms are the industry safety standard and a productive safety solution. The alarm tones are loud and clear, undeniably effective in commanding attention. If there is ever limited visual contact, the aggressive audible signal will make the crane’s location known with its every movement. Another benefit of the audible warning signal is it is universally understood. It does not matter who may encounter the audible warning device, they will know that it is an alert.
Crane Safety Lights (Visual Signal)
As technology continues to advance, another safety solution has become increasingly popular, crane safety lights. Crane safety lights both complement and adds to the application of the audible warning signals. The combination of audible and visual signals acts as the ultimate safety solution.
LED crane safety lights are becoming common as an industry safety standard. LED technology has improved over time. The durability and lumen output of LED lights have been enhanced. The clean, crisp boundaries created by these lights are hard to ignore. Some of the main benefits of implementing the use of crane safety lights for your overhead cranes and hoists include:
o The lights serve as a visual warning to both motorized and pedestrian traffic that is going to be or are in the overhead crane’s vicinity
o Visual warning at floor level as well as at a higher elevation
o Reduce operator error and accidents
o Assist operator by giving visual clues for more precise handling avoiding potential hazards
o Ability to withstand harsh weather conditions and harsh environments while producing sufficient illumination in such situations
o Energy efficient
o Application versatility
o Can be installed both indoors and outdoors
o Can be installed on both new and old crane and hoist builds
o Option of many different configurations to warn personnel of overhead load
o Lines
o Spots
o Boxes
o Custom Images
The benefits of these affordable and easy-to-install products are a given considering the potential, extreme costs associated with injury and loss of production.
Be Proactive, Not Reactive When it Comes to Your Personnel’s Safety
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