Open HSME menu
Subscribe Login

Home / Articles and Press Releases / Press Release / How to Prevent a Crane Accident?

CATEGORIES

  • Latest Issue
  • Above The Neck Protection
  • Chemical Protection
  • Confined Space
  • Construction
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Energy, Oil, and Mining Industries
  • Eye Protection
  • Fall Protection
  • Gas Detection
  • Hand Protection
  • Hazardous and Explosive Atmospheres
  • Health and Safety Awareness
  • Hearing Protection
  • Heat
  • Lighting and ATEX
  • Noise Monitoring
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Safety Footwear
  • Safety Technology
  • Safety Training
  • Slips, Trips, and Falls
  • Wellbeing at work
  • Working at Height
  • Working rights

MORE

  • Press Release
  • Events
  • Videos
  • Webinars
  • Magazines

COMPANY

  • About
  • Advertising
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
Open HSME menu
Subscribe

Home / Articles and Press Releases / Press Release / How to Prevent a Crane Accident?

CATEGORIES

  • Latest Issue
  • Above The Neck Protection
  • Chemical Protection
  • Confined Space
  • Construction
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Energy, Oil, and Mining Industries
  • Eye Protection
  • Fall Protection
  • Gas Detection
  • Hand Protection
  • Hazardous and Explosive Atmospheres
  • Health and Safety Awareness
  • Hearing Protection
  • Heat
  • Lighting and ATEX
  • Noise Monitoring
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Safety Footwear
  • Safety Technology
  • Safety Training
  • Slips, Trips, and Falls
  • Wellbeing at work
  • Working at Height
  • Working rights

MORE

  • Press Release
  • Events
  • Videos
  • Webinars
  • Magazines

COMPANY

  • About
  • Advertising
  • Newsletter
  • Contact

CATEGORIES

  • Safety Signage
  • Heat and Flame
  • Article
  • Press Release
  • Air Pollution
  • Above The Neck Protection
  • Chemical Protection
  • Confined Space
  • Construction
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Energy, Oil, and Mining Industries
  • Eye Protection
  • Fall Protection
  • Gas Detection
  • Hand Protection
  • Hazardous and Explosive Atmospheres
  • Health and Safety Awareness
  • Hearing Protection
  • Heat
  • Lighting and ATEX
  • Noise Monitoring
  • Offshore Platform Safety
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Regulations & Legislations
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Safety Footwear
  • Safety Technology
  • Safety Training
  • Slips, Trips, and Falls
  • Wellbeing at work
  • Working at Height
  • Working rights

Press Release

How to Prevent a Crane Accident?

By Eager.One

| Read Bio

Published: March 23rd, 2018

Share this article

Lifting and transportation is an activity with a high risk profile. Too often the front page of the newspaper show accidents during lifting and transport operations. But why?

Lifting and transportation is an activity where different disciplines with different expertise have to work closely together. When there are gaps in this cooperation it could result in higher potential risks. As an independent engineering and consultancy firm, Eager.one often act as a third party Subject Matter Expert. We always use the following check list to reveal what went wrong. And now we would love to share our knowledge on how to prevent a crane accident with you.

1. Data lifting load

  • Mass & Center of gravity (CoG) on drawing
  • Dimensions on drawing
  • Location of lifting points, dimensioned with respect to CoG, on drawing

2. Crane data

  • Crane(s) specified (make, type, configuration, boom length, (superlift) counter weight, number of reeving parts, etc.)
  • Position of crane dimensioned to fixed point
  • Sufficient space for crane and outriggers
  • Crane can travel to position
  • Allowable wind speed for lifting the specific load

3. (Dis)Assembly of crane

  • Auxiliary crane and load carrying vehicles can travel to position
  • Sufficient space available for (dis)assembly of boom including space for auxiliary crane and supply vehicles

4. Hook-up

  • Rigging can be attached and detached in a proper way
  • Lifting points are reachable in a safe manner for attaching and detaching rigging
  • Rigging fits to the lifting points
  • Rigging fits to the crane hook
  • Rigging is of sufficient capacity

5. Lifting

  • Sufficient space for delivery of the load below the hook
  • Sufficient crane capacity during lifting, booming in or out and slewing
  • Sufficient space for auxiliary crane for superlift counterweight handling
  • Superlift counterweight tray is free from ground for slewing

6. Soil loading

  • Access road sufficient level and compacted
  • Crane location sufficient level and compacted
  • Maximum occuring ground bearing pressure (GBP) below allowable and on drawing
  • Additional crane mats (dimensions) specified
  • Sufficient GBP below wheeled superlift carrier path

7. Clearances

  • Sufficient clearance from load to surroundings during lifting, booming in or out and slewing
  • Sufficient clearance from load and rigging to crane boom during lifting
  • Sufficient lifting height
  • Sufficient clearance from (superlift) counterweight to surroundings during slewing
  • Sufficient clearance from crane upperworks (boom, superlift backmast or boom guying systems, etc) to surroundings during slewing
  • Sufficient clearance from rigging to load including during tailing operation

8. Miscellaneous

  • Additional (site specific) requirements
  • Drawing header filled in correctly (number, project name, client name, etc)

If you would like to learn more about lift plans and avoiding accidents, take a look at our master classes “A professional liftplan in 8 steps”.

Share this article

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eager.One

Eager.one is a member of the Meemaken BV group of companies. Teamwork within the group strengthens the capabilities of Eager.one, together with our sister companies we are able provide our services in the USA (Alltec Lifting Systems, Houston area) and Canada (Liftwerx, Toronto area) and offer great E-learning programs together with BeOne eWorks.

Visit Website

POPULAR POSTS BY Eager.One

Press Release

New Projects Successfully Delivered

Press Release

How to Prevent a Crane Accident?

Get email updates

Sign up for the HSME newsletter

Keep up-to-date through the power of email with the region's only industrial health and safety magazine - delivering the latest news and products to satisfy all your occupational safety needs.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Advertisement

SOCIAL MEDIA

HSME on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/HSMEMagazine/

Advertisement

SOCIAL MEDIA

HSME on Twitter

hsmemagazine HSME Magazine @hsmemagazine ·
25 Jan

DFB is designed for use in high-end manufacturing environments, including food and pharmaceutical manufacturing but can also be applied in wider industry settings.

Read the latest exciting news from @airbench today!
https://www.hsmemagazine.com/press-release/new-downflow-booth-from-airbench-ltd/

#hsmemagazine #AirBench #DownFlowBooth

Reply on Twitter 1618277902268915719 Retweet on Twitter 1618277902268915719 Like on Twitter 1618277902268915719 Twitter 1618277902268915719

Advertisement

SUBSCRIBE

Stay up to date with our newsletter

Keep up-to-date through the power of email with the region’s only industrial health and safety magazine – delivering the latest news and products to satisfy all your occupational safety needs.

 

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Subscribe

SUBSCRIBE TO HSME MAGAZINE

5 reasons to subscribe to our digital and print package

  • Stay up to date from anywhere in the world, with instant access to the latest issue straight from your phone, tablet or laptop.
  • Trust that you’re getting the best content from our range of internationally accredited authors.
  • Get full access to our archives and see how occupational safety has evolved with us over the years.
  • Enjoy our monthly newsletter curated with up-to-the-minute news and a selection of editor’s top picks.
  • Hot off the press and straight to your door – look forward to your own glossy copy of HSME, delivered five times a year
Subscribe View Subscription levels

STAY SAFE & INFORMED

Subscribe to the best health & safety articles, news, products and regulations

Find out more

Stay up to date with our newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

ABOUT

  • About HSME
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us

YOUR ACCOUNT

Sign In Register Account Subscribe to HSME

RESOURCES

Request Media Pack

CONNECT

ACCREDITATIONS

Copyright Bay Publishing 2023. All Rights reserved.

Designed & Built by:
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
Cookie settingsACCEPT
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT