1. Lifting devices/equipment (LDE)
such as cranes, forklifts, and slings are
the machines, and its components, used
to lift large or heavy gear that cannot be
lifted with human effort alone. NASA
would not be able to function in its
present capacity without the use of LDE.
In order for any LDE to be used, it must
go through various tests rather
frequently. These tests are created in
order to meet standards put in place by
NASA, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, and
other national consensus standards.
These tests prevent personnel working
with, or alongside, LDE from being
seriously injured or even killed. These
tests also prevent the dropping of, or
damage to, NASA's extremely expensive
equipment.
These important requirements are
both extensive and repetitive. It is
unrealistic to expect personnel to
remember each regulation or read the
regulations before each test. Therefore,
a checklist was created in order to
ensure not only that each standard was
met, but also could be tested in a timely
fashion. The vague, one-page checklist
created was far from perfect. When the
unclear checklists were filled and
submitted to LDE engineers for
verification, the engineers would have to
waste time and effort searching for
essential information not clearly
specified in the inadequate checklist. In
order for the vital testing of LDE to run
efficiently, the unsatisfactory checklist
would have to be seriously modified.
The old checklist was extended, numbered, and colored to ensure that the
new checklist was true to strict national consensus standards while remaining
streamline and effective. A second page was added to provided specific,
numbered instructions for each step in the checklist.
References
NASA-STD-8919.9, 540-PG-8719.1.1, AND 500-PG8715.1.1 ~ http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/535424main_webbartistconcept.jpg ~ http://www.photos-public-domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/silver-textured-metal-closeup.jpg
~ erhs-boosters.appspot.com/images/erhslogo.jpeg ~ blackfilm.com/read/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/NASA-Goddard-Space-Flight-Center.jpg
GB-HNDFIX-002
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Simulated use of GB-HNDFIX-002
(In Yellow: GB-HNDFIX-002,
In Blue: JWST secondary mirror)
Original, blank checklist New checklist, completed with
the certification of GB-HNDFIX-002
Clean Room Technicians performing
tests on GB-HNDFIX-002