Operating and using winch equipment and machinery is a dangerous task. No matter how experienced or well trained you are, there are always safety precautions that you should be taking to ensure the safety of both yourself and your employees. Keep reading to find our top tips to keep you safe around winches.
Wearing Gloves
You should never handle the steel wire of a winch with your bare hands. You will injure yourself, and it is not worth taking the risk. Wearing gloves when handling and operating the winch is an essential, to keep you from seriously injuring your hands.
The Drum
Making sure your drum is properly secured and all wiring is evenly distributed is extremely important when you are operating your winch. This can help you to avoid damaging your winch and also ensure safety amongst you and any employees.
Appropriate Use
Using your winch for its stated purpose will help keep everyone safe. Each winch will have specific weight thresholds and specific instructions for each piece of machinery. Making sure you adhere to the appropriate rules is important for safety.
One Person Operating
It is important that you only have one person operating the winch at a time, for safety purposes. Most of the winch machines are designed for single person use and it would be unsafe to do otherwise.
Also, having designated areas for people onlooking is another good safety precaution to take. By having specific spectator areas, you are ensuring that no one will be obstructing any machinery and they will be able to watch from a safe space. This is a good preventative measure that will keep all your employees and equipment safe.
Practice
Getting practice in using these machines will help to regularly practise the safety precautions and get used to operating this kind of lifting equipment.
What We Do
We are a winch hire service, committed to delivering a range of reliable and strong winches to all our clients. For either long term or short term hire, we offer a wide range of winches and other spooling machinery that is sure to be suitable for your business.
We understand that finding the right winch and being safe is important to all industries, and our team is dedicated to providing a service that holds all relevant qualifications. For any further enquiries about what we do, get in touch with us at info@winchhire.com or give us a call at our head office on 01899 221 577 to speak to one of our team members. We will be happy to answer your questions and point you in the right direction.
