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Chain hoist problem
A reporter raises concerns after brand new proprietary hoists had to be returned to the manufacturer for remedial works.
1 April 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 317
Region: CROSS-UK
Lack of experience on steel column erection
A reporter highlights how works progressed on site without a detailed method statement being provided by the contractor even though it had been requested.
1 April 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 324
Region: CROSS-UK
Potentially dangerous excavation
A reporter has submitted this photograph of a potentially dangerous excavation.
1 July 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 368
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of precast concrete cover slab to circular shaft
A reporter describes how several precast concrete cover slab units collapsed shortly after being installed.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 505
Region: CROSS-UK
Independence of Approved Inspectors
A reporter believes public awareness should be raised regarding the possibility that building control can be performed under a business to business commercial contract for the interest of someone other than property owners.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 507
Region: CROSS-UK
Policing of CE marking on steelwork
A reporter has a question regarding structural steel safety, particularly on steel gantry systems supporting lifting equipment.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 510
Region: CROSS-UK
Issues with imported steel
Defective steel, says a reporter, was found in a major retail store where the material had been imported from a supplier overseas.
1 October 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 474
Region: CROSS-UK
Cantilevered brickwork - fatal collapse during construction
A blade of 270mm cavity brickwork in a temporary condition fell and killed a bricklayer after sixteen scaffold planks were leant against the wall on the side remote from the bricklayer.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 476
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous alterations to steel beam supports
A local authority building control officer went to site and witnessed on an upper floor that the columns had been removed out of sequence, before the new frame had been constructed.
1 October 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 479
Region: CROSS-UK
Bolt failures due to hydrogen embrittlement
A reporter recalls how, in the 1970s while working on a bridge refurbishment project, several new zinc electro-plated bolts failed suddenly, and often shortly after installation.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 490
Region: CROSS-UK