About This Resource Podcast: Life Saving Rules - Safe Mechanical Lifting About The Life Saving Rules podcast on Safe Mechanical Lifting is by Will Talbot, cranes and lifting technical authority with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Ltd. Will highlights the importance of safe mechanical lifting in helping to prevent dropped objects and in maintaining safe operations. He also discusses a recent incident of a dropped object from a crane boom and the subsequent outcomes from it.The podcast video file will open in a new tab when you click 'download'. To save the file right click on the video image and select 'save as'. Get access Access all resources, videos and files by becoming a member today.
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