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Tower crane base designs
A reporter’s firm has been involved in the design and checking of numerous tower crane bases and have come across many examples where the supplier of the tower crane has supplied incorrect loadings. These incorrect loadings could have led to crane failures had the errors not been spotted.
7 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1093
Region: CROSS-UK
Temporary event structures - saddle span type tents
Saddle span type tented structures appear to provide effective solutions to the needs of event organisers. However, they require careful design, erection and management and a list of precautions is given in the Alert.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Concerns with propping design to large excavations
Concerns are raised about the design of propping to large excavations and particularly about the design of the connections for a raking prop to a horizontal waler.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 298
Region: CROSS-UK
Mobile scaffold tower falls 7 storeys
A mobile tower, which was not being used, toppled over the guardrail and fell 7 storeys (27m) to the ground.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 436
Region: CROSS-UK
Unsafe timber scaffolding
Concerns were raised after a reporter observed a rickety temporary scaffold that had been constructed from 4”x2” (100mm x 50mm) timbers.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 407
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of epoxy resin bonded anchors in concrete
A reporter expresses concern about adhesive bonded anchors after anchors failed progressively on site during a lifting operation.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 429
Region: CROSS-UK
Unstable site hoarding on unattended site
The reporter is aware of unsafe hoarding that surrounds a partially developed site that has been left unattended following the economic downturn.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 413
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of anchor bolts holding suspended scaffold
During the removal of a suspended scaffold, it was found that a number of the screw bolt anchors had failed.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 430
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of precast concrete 'L' shaped retaining wall
A recent incident occurred on a site, where a temporary precast retaining wall failed leading to a pile of clay approximately 3m high spilling through the wall.
1 July 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 433
Region: CROSS-UK
Scaffolds and traffic protection
A reporter is concerned about the lack of consideration shown both in British Standards and industry guidance regarding the risk of impact of vehicles with scaffolds and thereby putting at risk those working on a scaffold.
1 November 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 53
Region: CROSS-UK
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