Drill rig & ancillary equipment inspection checklist
Mining coal exploration
What does this form include?
This form contains 26 sections:
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Rig Number:
Client:
Drill Rig and Support Vehicles/Compressor
Picture of Site set up with crew vehicles and Rig set up.
Nitro Drilling Exploration Rig
- Tyres-Condition and pressures are in safe working order ? (including spares)
Picture of each Vehicle
Fire Extinguishers - All Vehicles
- Adequate and Appropriate type?
- Charged and tagged on all vehicles?
- Easily accessible and secure?
- Fire suppression system fitted and charged?
Picture of Fire suppression
First Aid Kits - Vehicles
- First Aid station identifiable (signage) and location accessible to crew?
- First Aid kits stocked and in date?
- Trauma Kit and snake bite kit available
Environmental Hazardous Substances
- Hazardous Substances stored correctly, adequate location and labelled?
- MSDS available and current?
- Spill Kit approved and stocked?
Electrical/Welding/Cutting
- Current test tags on tools, adequate condition and storage?
- RCD fitted to generator?
- VRD fitted to AC Welders?
- Cylinders upright and contained and stored appropriately?
- Flash Back Arrestors both ends?
- Gauges and hoses inspected?
- Connectors and wiring ok?
Drill Rig Hand and Power Tools
- Power / Hand Tools in good condition and operational?
- Handles fitted?
Signage in a clear visible and good condition?
- Are appropriate signs in place?
- Emergency stop buttons - Labelled and legible?
- Isolation switches - Labelled and Legible?
- Fuel,Hydraulic,High pressure lines, pinch points identified - Labelled and legible?
- Rig Specific Placard?
- Controls on drillers panel clearly labelled?
Lockout - Isolation - Emergency Stop
- Emergency Stops fitted and working - Check all of them!
- Isolation switches fitted and working - Check all of them!
- Is there a remote E Stop in place - Check it is working!
Guarding - Table guarding
- All hot parts are guarded, including exaust?
- All moving parts are guarded?
- Lagging, Heat shielding?
Compressed Air - Air Receivers (Compressors)
Hydraulic Systems and controls
- Inspect Hydraulic cylinders, Leaks?
- Inspect Hydraulic hoses?
Tower - Mast Inspection (Leaks, structural damage, cracks in welds)
- A frame and pivot point, condition?
- Structure mast condition?
- Mast dump operation?
- Tower locking pins - condition?
- Hydraulic rams - Condition?
Hoisting Equipment
- Main hoisting cable, winch rope,wire lines free from kinks, frays etc...?
- Are pulleys and wire ropes, chain feeds and pivot points well lubricated?
- Wire cable clamps fitted correctly?
- Are belts,chains,pulleys, sprockets, slides and other moving parts in good condition and lubricated as per manufacturers specifications?
- Overshot and locking pin in good condition?
- Sheaves and blocks in good condition? checked annually?
- Hoist drum and guards in good condition?
- Mountings including Kelly pull down turnbuckles in good condition?
- Adequate storage for all lifting gear and hammers?
- Inspect hooks, clam shells, slings and shackles are in good condition?
- All lifting gear is on the Lifting register and recorded?
Casing and rod handling equipment
- Power tongs, rod clamps and skillets in good condition?
- Wrenches and jaws in good condition?
- Haul plugs are in good condition?
- Downhole hammers and subs are in good condition?
- Rod racks are in good condition?
- Rods and threads are in good condition?
- Table and deflector guards are in good condition?
- Slips and rod clamps are guarded?
- Rod Spanner in good condition?
- Mechanical Rod handler is servicable and in good condition?
Heights Safety equipment - safety harness, lanyards, inertia reel
- In date and serial number recorded? and visible?
- Inspect all safety equipment is it all servicable?
- Suitable and approved anchor points used?
Heights safety and working platforms - Drill Rig and Support Vehicles
- Ladders and handrails - adequate? (Made to AS1657)
- Working Platforms - adequate? (Made to AS1657)
- Plans and approved to AS1657?
Signature Inspecting Crew Member
Signature Site Supervisor
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