Duct is sent up without the bolts, clips, or drift pins

Never send metal up dry. A lift bucket with bolts, clips, screws, drift pins, and C-clamps/locking clamps should travel with the duct so the person in the lift is not stuck holding weight while someone hunts hardware.

Stop if

• Before this duct goes up, do we have the bolts, clips, screws, drift pins, and C-clamps/locking clamps in the lift bucket?

Watch out

• Do not make the person in the lift hold a heavy piece while you run across the floor looking for hardware.

Check

• Before the piece goes up, identify the connection type.
• Load the correct bolts/nuts, clips, screws, drift pins/alignment pins, and C-clamps or locking clamps.
• Keep hardware in a bucket or pouch that travels with the lift/hoist.
• Restock the bucket before the next pick.
• Ask if special hardware is needed for that joint.

Steps

• Before the piece goes up, identify the connection type.
• Load the correct bolts/nuts, clips, screws, and drift pin/alignment tool.
• Keep hardware in a bucket or pouch that travels with the lift/hoist.
• Restock the bucket before the next pick.
• Ask if special hardware is needed for that joint.

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