| Document ID (ISN) | 106563 |
| CIS number |
07-711 |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2006-142
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| Title |
Preventing worker injuries and deaths from mobile crane tip-over, boom collapse and uncontrolled hoisted loads |
| Bibliographic information |
Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-2001, USA, Sep. 2006. 23p. Illus. 25 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2006-142/pdfs/2006-142.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
This booklet provides recommendations for preventing mobile crane accidents. Contents: description of mobile cranes; critical lift situations requiring special precautions; injury data; current standards; case reports of accidents investigated by NIOSH; recommendations for employers, crane operators, ground workers and crane rental companies. These recommendations are also summarized on a detachable sheet for display on a notice board. An appendix includes standard crane hoisting hand signals. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; safe working methods; overturning; mobile cranes |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
lifting of loads; analysis of accident causes; causes of accidents; crane jibs; hand signalling; case study |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
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| Browse category(ies) |
Cranes
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