Rigging

Hazard Alert No 96, Synthetic fibre slings, was re-issued in January 2013.

Synthetic fibre slings or 'soft' slings are regularly used in workplaces for the lifting and movement of loads in conjunction with cranes.

A worker was fatally injured when a steel beam, which was being positioned onto a building, dropped while being suspended from a crane.

View Hazard Alert No 96 from the link below.