This thesis focuses on lifting operations and the safety measures involved in the process. Accidents where a lifting operation played a central role in the incident are not very common. However, the few times these accidents occur, the consequences are often severe and can even result in fatalities. Therefore, this thesis aims to identify preventive measures that can be taken to prevent such accidents by analyzing and interviewing individuals who work with lifting operations on a daily basis or in the surrounding work environment. Throughout the work, several shortcomings in the industry have been identified, such as deficiencies in education, communication, foreign labor, culture, and more. As a result of this analysis, a "take 2" block has been developed, which is a form of checklist that can be used to double-check and ensure that a lifting operation can be performed safely. / Detta examensarbete fokuserar på lyftoperationer och säkerheten kring processen som medföljer. Olyckor som sker där en lyftoperation hade en central roll i händelsen är inte mycket förekommande. Men de fåtal gången som dessa olyckor sker är konsekvenserna oftast grova och resulterar även i dödsfall. Detta arbete fokuserar därmed i vilka preventiva åtgärder som kan tas för att motverka detta genom att analysera och intervjua individer som arbetar med lyft dagligen eller som arbetar kring dess arbetsmiljö. Genom arbetets gång har det identifierats en rad brister som existerar i branschen. Bristerna som har identifierats har varit inom olika områden av branschen som utbildning, kommunikation, utländsk arbetskraft, kultur med mera. Resultat av denna analys är produktionen av ett take 2 block vilket är en form av checklista som kan användas för att dubbelkolla och säkerhetsställa att en lyftoperation kan utföras säkert samt minska riskerna för olyckor och tillbud.

In 2016, 2089 construction-related accidents occurred in Sweden and five of these had fatal outcomes. Lift accidents are not the most common type of construction-related accidents, but they are most often serious – two of the accidents with fatal outcome in 2016 were lift related accidents. Therefor, a project group in Skanska was assigned to review all of the company's lift-related incidents and accidents, which were reported in the BIA between July 1, 2014 and June 29, 2015. The project group identified 203 incidents and 22 accidents during this period, and then proposed three key areas of development: the lifting operation procedures; training and education; implementation of revised operation procedures. In this degree project, Skanska's lifting operations have been studied, in order to identify possible areas of improvements. The Swedish Work Environment Authority's regulations and Skanska's own documentation on lifting operations were studied and Skanska's documentation meets the requirements in the Swedish Work Environment Authority's legal regulations. In addition, interviews had been conducted with employees involved in lifting operations at Skanska. These revealed that the theoretical documentations about lifting operation procedures are good, however practical training in lifting operations is scarce and the transfer of lifting operation related knowledge between workers could be improved. In order to reduce incidents and accidents during lifting operations, a solution could be to offer Skanska's education Safer Lift ISO, which consists of both theoretical and practical elements, to all staff working with lifting operations. It is also of great importance to identify the causes of all lift related incidents and accidents in order to prevent these in the future.