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Safety Log Seed Record

Crane, hoist, and rigging lifts

Before critical lifts, repeated lift sequences, equipment changes, ground-condition changes, or weather changes.

Crane, hoist, and rigging lifts

Fast-Fact Summary

  • Governing agency: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
  • Form, bylaw, or regulation: O. Reg. 213/91 hoisting and rigging controls
  • Effective/current anchor: Before critical lifts, repeated lift sequences, equipment changes, ground-condition changes, or weather changes.
  • Direct portal or source: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/910213

Mandatory Scope

This safety-log record applies to constructors, employers, supervisors, and competent workers responsible for Crane, hoist, and rigging lifts. The log is intended to prove that the relevant hazard, equipment, or site condition was checked before exposure continued.

Deadlines & Administrative Windows

  • Required Timing: Before critical lifts, repeated lift sequences, equipment changes, ground-condition changes, or weather changes.
  • Supervisor Review: Assign a competent person or supervisor to review the entry before the next shift or before the controlled work resumes.
  • Change Trigger: Re-open the log when weather, equipment, excavation, access, crew, or work-method conditions change.

Financial & Legal Liability

Missing safety records can increase OHSA order, stop-work, prosecution, and project backcharge exposure. The record should be kept with the project safety file and be available when requested by the constructor, employer, client, or inspector.

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Step-by-Step Filing Instructions

  • Identify the Controlled Work: Record the site, date, crew, equipment, area, and trade activity.
  • Check the Hazard Controls: Confirm guards, access, PPE, training, permits, isolation, or inspection evidence required for the task.
  • Sign the Entry: Crane operator, rigger, signaler, and lift supervisor acknowledgement.
  • Store the Record: Retain with lift plan, rigging inspection, and equipment records.

2026 Inspection Notes

For 2026 construction compliance context, pay close attention to working-at-heights training records, trenching and excavation controls, and training/competency documentation. Do not call this a named official blitz unless the supplied record or source says so.

Official Sources

Raw Fields

  • Regulation ReferenceO. Reg. 213/91 hoisting and rigging controls
  • Signature RequirementsCrane operator, rigger, signaler, and lift supervisor acknowledgement.
  • Retention PeriodRetain with lift plan, rigging inspection, and equipment records.

Generation Status

Expansion seed record anchors the topic to Ontario construction safety law or related safety programme controls. Generated copy must describe log timing and recordkeeping without inventing a universal government form unless the supplied regulation says one exists.