Overhead Crane Safety Training Course

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Overhead Crane Safety For General Industry

(OSHA 29 CFR 1910.179,184; ANSI B56)


Overhead crane safety is important for any industrial business that utilizes overhead cranes whether bridge crane, gantry crane, jib crane or even chain hoist systems. To ensure the safety of everyone that will work near or operate heavy machinery, effective and comprehensive overhead crane safety training is mandated by OSHA for all crane operators.

Diamond Training Services is the premier provider of overhead crane safety training courses in general industry. Our expert trainers have years of experience and can provide your company with the necessary crane operating competence to ensure a safe work environment.

We cover all aspects of overhead cranes, from basic operations to the more complicated uses. Not only will our training help keep your workers safe—they’ll also increase operational efficiency throughout your organization. Our training program will reduce the potential for product damage, near misses to operators and affected employees and facility and equipment abuse and damage.

Our on-site training makes it easy and convenient for you to make sure all of your employees are up to date on their required qualifications. With the inclusion of real-world application scenarios and operator evaluations, you can be sure that after receiving a course from us, your operators will be well-informed, qualified, and prepared for any situation involving an overhead crane or other heavy machinery used day in and day out at job sites across North America.

Employee safety training is portable when you work with us so feel free to contact us no matter your current location…we will travel to you.

Do you need other industrial training courses for your workers? Visit our courses page to see what other types of training we can assist you with. Continue reading this page to find out more about our overhead crane safety training.

This crane operator safety training is designed for new and experienced operators who have not received updated or current formal training in safe crane operating procedures and practices. This program covers both declarative knowledge and practical overhead crane principles. The practical on-site training fulfills the basics of OSHA’s General Duty Clause as well as the specific OSHA CFR 1910.179 requirements for your company.

Course Duration

  • Approximately 4 hours classroom (instruction and testing)
  • ½ hour per person practical crane safety evaluation (prior experience only)
  • 4 hours of practice and demonstration of ability with final evaluation (no prior experience)

Course Content: Classroom Instructions

  • Causes of crane accidents
  • Relevant OSHA crane regulations & ANSI/ASME crane standards
  • Types of overhead cranes, mobile cranes
  • Crane operating components and equipment
  • Basic principles of safe crane operation
  • Crane pre-shift inspections (including sling & attachments inspection requirements)
  • Crane sling hitches & sling angles
  • Crane lifting hardware & attachments (specific to application)
  • Crane safety hand signals
  • Turning and placing crane loads

Hands-on Training and Evaluation

  • Proper crane pre-shift inspection
  • Proper crane load management, load movement and placement
  • Safe crane operating techniques
  • Facility site specific hazards for crane operation
  • Safe crane shut-down and/or attachment parking
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When you work with us, getting your operators Certified and Qualified is effective and easy to do.

We use an instructional approach that makes the training and qualification process a job-useful and valued experience for your employees.