Moving of Excavator Buckets

Mandatory - Must be applied at all locations

• Excavator buckets must be secured from being dropped or ejected when being lifted/moved. Acceptable methods include:
• Attached to the excavator's quick hitch.
• By physical connection to the excavator or other lifting equipment with the use of a drop chain.
• By being secured to the bed of a vehicle.
• Examples of prohibited ways of moving excavator buckets on Morgan Sindall projects are:
• Placing them in a dumper bucket
• Using the lifting ‘claws’ on the back of buckets.
• Trapping the buckets against the blade of the machine
• Lifting buckets within a larger bucket.
• Unsecured on lifting equipment such as forks
• All contractors using excavators must have a risk assessment in place for the safe moving and relocating of excavator buckets.