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an introductory guide
Summary
Cranes are some of the most useful and widely operated items of plant on construction sites - from the small housing site to the multi-million-pound building or civil engineering project. However, if misused, they can cause serious harm. There is no other item of construction equipment which has the capacity for causing as much damage or injuring so many people as does a crane in an accident. Most serious accidents involving cranes are a result of inadequate planning and unsafe use leading to instability and overturning. All site engineers, managers and supervisors who are involved in the specification, installation or use of cranes on site, must be aware of the fundamental criteria, planning issues and checks that are needed to ensure lifting operations proceed in a logical, safe and stable manner. It is the purpose of this guide to bring together, in a single volume, the main points which need to be considered to ensure that a crane remains stable at all times. The guide’s main focus is stability in use - it does not attempt to cover the design of cranes or all aspects of the lifting operation; these are adequately covered in other publications.
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