Chapter 2  ·  Load Guidance Controls  ·  Entry LG-003
LG-003

Suspended Load Guidance Systems

No single tool covers the full lift sequence. A guidance system selects and combines controls for each phase from rigging attachment through to sling removal.

What This Entry Is

LG-003 is not a product entry. It does not describe a single tool. It is the doctrine synthesis entry for the entire suspended load guidance chapter — the entry that explains how DC-001, DC-002, LG-001, LG-002, SH-001, SH-002, and SZ-003 work together as a system, and why selecting one control without considering the others produces incomplete protection.

The suspended load operation is a sequence, not a moment. It begins when the rigging is attached and ends when the rigging is removed from a load that is back on the ground. Hand exposure occurs at multiple distinct points in that sequence, and different controls address different points. No single tool covers the full sequence. A guidance system does.

"Guiding a suspended load is not a single task. It is a sequence of tasks, each with its own exposure profile, each requiring its own control. A guidance system is what you use when you understand the whole sequence. A single tool is what you use when you have only noticed one part of it."

Classification

Products That Implement This Control

The following are examples of this control method in current industrial use. The control method is the subject — the product is the answer.

Product examples are covered in the cross-referenced entries.

"A suspended load operation has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Each phase has its own exposure. Each phase has its own control. A guidance system covers all three. A single tool covers one."

HSF Terms & Related Entries

HSF Industrial Hand Safety Encyclopedia™ — Related Terms
Suspended Load ExposureLast-Inch Exposure™Hand-as-Control™Remote InfluenceIndirect ControlFall ZoneSwing RadiusLoad PathInherited Unsafe Method

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