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Control of temporary works excavation

Poor, high-water content excavated material, slipped into a 15-20m deep borrow pit. The material had slipped to the bottom of the pit partially burying excavation, crushing and screening equipment. If this slip had occurred during working hours, the impact could have been very serious.

17 November 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1146

Region: CROSS-UK

Slipform temporary works design

A reporter was performing a CAT III check on a 14 storey slipform design when they discovered that the temporary works design was inadequate.

5 September 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 809

Region: CROSS-UK

Inadequate design submissions for alterations to an existing building

An upper storey extension was designed without considering the effect on the structure below.

10 March 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1085

Region: CROSS-UK

Steel column erection anchoring connection failure injured worker

This report describes how a construction worker was injured during the erection of a steel column due to shortcomings in erection procedures and inadequacies in a column base connection.

10 May 2021

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 992

Region: CROSS-US

Design of internal partitions for horizontal loads

This report draws attention to the requirement for internal partitions to be designed for horizontal loads from wind and seismic effects in accordance with Section B of the Australian National Construction Code (NCC).

30 April 2021

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1000

Region: CROSS-AUS

Temporary movement joint in slabs not installed correctly

Dowels in temporary movement joints for a slab were not installed correctly, impacting the structural behaviour.

29 March 2021

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 998

Region: CROSS-UK

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Safety concern for outdoor video screens

This report is to raise concerns about the suitability of video screen support systems being used outdoors for public displays.

14 October 2020

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 979

Region: CROSS-UK

Sliding glass door - two-part subhead failure

Called to inspect the failure of a glazed sliding door system a correspondent noted that the system comprised a two-part subhead, which includes a removable bead that relies on a bearing of only a few millimetres.

1 February 2020

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 818

Region: CROSS-AUS

Dislodged finger plate on highway bridge

A correspondent received a report about a 1.5m long section of a steel finger plate expansion joint on a highway bridge that had been inadequately fixed and became dislodged.

1 February 2020

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 879

Region: CROSS-AUS

Design and erection of prefabricated (precast) concrete

A correspondent considers that there should always be an experienced temporary works designer for prefabricated concrete structures as many structural engineers do not consider the erection methodology when designing such structures.

1 February 2020

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 871

Region: CROSS-AUS