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Prohibition notice served on tower crane supply company
Falcon Crane Hire Ltd of Thetford, Norfolk, has been served with an HSE prohibition notice, the terms of which require it to take out of service all tower cranes in their fleet which have not been subject to a thorough examination by an independent competent person.
Falcon supplied for hire the crane which collapsed last week on a David McClean Ltd construction site in Liverpool city centre, one man died and another was seriously injured. Falcon also supplied the tower crane that collapsed in September 2006 on a Barratts site in Battersea, London SW8, 2 died as a result. HSE says it is too early to be able to identify the exact causes of either failure.
LOLER
Potentially as many as 180 cranes may feature in the assessment, construction companies are being informed of the intention to perform the thorough examinations normally required by the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998¹ at 6 or 12-month intervals or in accordance with a written scheme of examination.
HSE says it requires the company to demonstrate those cranes examined by competent persons employed by them² are safe, cranes previously examined by an independent competent person are not affected by the Notice.
In another crane incident, on Friday afternoon a crane fell on a scaffolding structure on a construction site in Stranmillis Road in Belfast, one man was injured.
¹ Simple Guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
² Guidance associated with the Regulations recommends that, if in-house examiners are employed, they should have genuine authority and independence.
22.01.07
