Stacking of rolled products should be done safely, to a safe height and leaving safe moving space in between the stacks so as to prevent sliding or toppling down of the pieces. No piece should project from the stack. Persons should not stand in close proximity to stacks, when pieces are being placed / the removed from these stacks. Magnet cranes are used for shifting rolled products from the cooling bed to the stacks stacks to wagons or on to the finishing beds. Persons should stand at a safe distance from these moving loads. The crane operators should ensure that during movement, the load does not fall with the stacks of materials. Persons should not stand in the wagons while loading finished products in to the wagons. Persons engaged in tilting of rails on the finishing beds should be very vigilant and ensure that the fork fits on the rail properly before applying pressure for tilting the rail. Slipping of fork can result in serious injure to the fork man.
Stacking of coils should be done in a safe manner. During removal of coils for loading into the wagon, there is a grave hazard of slipping and falling down of adjacent coils. Persons engaged in supervising loading of coils should take a safe position anticipating the above hazard.
After stacking merchant products, the sling ends should not be left dangling as during movement of crane these may get entangled with the stacks and hit the persons. The second loose eyes of the slings should also be put over the hook.