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Fall of bridge deck support due to bolt over-tightening
A 7t steel frame designed to temporarily support part of a bridge deck during bearing refurbishments work fell from height as it was about to be lowered some 21m to the ground.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 216
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
Adjacent excavations in Australia
In parts of Australia, says a reporter, deep excavations in clay and sandy materials have caused damage to adjacent property and to existing buildings founded on high level footings.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 360
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of waling beam connected to raking prop
A reporter discusses how they witnessed the failure of a temporary support for an excavation on site due to similar design issues discussed in CROSS report 298 (Props to large excavations).
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 813
Region: CROSS-UK
Lift pit excavation hazards
A reporter came across an unsafe deep excavation and asks how a geotechnical engineer views the risk of excavation collapse.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 821
Region: CROSS-AUS
Set up of temporary works
This report highlights the importance of following correct procedures when installing temporary works.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 797
Region: CROSS-AUS
Design responsibility for temporary stability of steel frame building
A reporter raises concerns about the division of responsibility for the temporary stability of a four-storey steel frame structure with precast concrete planks and a structural topping.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 789
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
Fabrication different from design drawings
A reporter shares their experience of how a propping design they had undertaken was fabricated and installed but not in accordance with the design drawings.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 513
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