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Tag Archives: maintenance

DUMPERS/MOBILE PLANT AND VEHICLES GUIDANCE – CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FINED AFTER DUMPER TRUCK OVERTURNS AND FATALLY INJURES WORKER

Construction Safety Posted on 25th November 2019 by Admin Construction Safety25th November 2019

A leading construction company has been fined following an incident in which a worker was killed when a dumper truck overturned. The court heard that in October 2016, a groundworker working for the construction company, was manoeuvring a 9T front … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged collision, competence, construction, construction vehicles, dumper hazards, dumper trucks, dumpers, edges, front tipping dumper trucks, gradients, guidance, health and safety, health and safety executive, hse, inspection, loading, maintenance, mobile plant, overturning, pedestrian routes, pedestrians, reversing, roll over protection, safe system of work, safe working capacity, safety devices, segregation, spoil heaps, tipping operations, top soil, training, vehicle operations, vehicles, wheel stops

Tower Crane, Slew Brakes and Release Mechanism Maintenance

Construction Safety Posted on 6th September 2019 by Admin Construction Safety20th September 2019

Issue Date: December 2018 Introduction: HSE is investigating the collapse of a tower crane jib in high wind.  The precursors of the incident are not fully determined at this point but investigations to date suggest that problems with adequate maintenance … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged collapse, cranes, floodlights, high winds, independent slew brake, inspection, jib, jibs, luffing jib tower cranes, maintenance, overturn, release mechanism, release mechanisms, signage, slew brakes, slew motors, tower crane slew brakes, tower cranes, wind, wind force

Platform Lifts (vertical lifting platforms or lifts for people with impaired mobility). Risk of falls from height to employees/workers and members of the public.

Construction Safety Posted on 6th September 2019 by Admin Construction Safety20th September 2019

Issue Date: 18/03/2019 Introduction: This Safety Notice is aimed at: companies providing maintenance of platform lifts (vertical lifting platforms) and owners/operators of such platform lifts used by people with impaired mobility, installed at their premises.   Information is provided for … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged door lock switch contacts, door switches, doors, hold to run, impaired mobility, landing, maintenance, nami-lift 400, platform lifts, safety devices, vertical lifting platforms, zone bypass switches

 

 

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