9.9.2 Storage and Handling

All beam clamps other than those fixed permanently in position should, after use, be returned to safe storage. The general requirements are essentially as recommended in section 1.7.2 Storage and Handling of this code, i.e. the storage area should be dry, free from injurious pollution and extremes of temperature, together with the following:

  1. Equipment returned to storage should be checked by a suitably qualified and experienced person to ensure that it is in good order and that all parts of a clamp are present. It is particularly important in the case of clamps which require dismantling for erection or adjustment to ensure that all the individual parts are the correct ones and that substitutions have not been made.

  2. When being handled, clamps should not be dropped or thrown down. Any fasteners used to assemble the clamp should be reassembled immediately after the removal of a clamp from the beam.