| Document ID (ISN) | 22330 |
| CIS number |
75-8 |
| Year |
1974 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Delsaut J. |
| Title |
Overhead travelling cranes operated from the ground |
| Original title |
La commande au sol des ponts roulants [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Regional Sickness Insurance Fund for Northern France (Caisse régionale d'assurance maladie du Nord de la France) 11 boulevard Vauban, 59024 Lille Cedex, France, 1974. 14p. Gratis. |
| Abstract |
After comparing the advantages and disadvantages of ground control as opposed to cabin control and describing the features of push-button pendants, some of which are very complicated to operate, the author analyses, on the basis of typical accident reports, the hazards involved in ground-level operation of these cranes, indicating appropriate preventive measures: hazards due to equipment or its design (error in observing movements, errors in orientation, lack of adaptation of travelling and crab speeds to this new method of operation); other hazards associated with the workplaces where the cranes are used; hazards due to inadequate training of crane operators. A draft French standard (E 52-124) is appended; it specifies the layout, colours and differential symbols to be used on push-button pendants. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety engineering; design of equipment; overhead travelling cranes; ground level control |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
draft standard; France; pendant controls; causes of accidents; symbols; colour coding; layout of controls |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Materials handling and storage
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Ergonomics
Cranes
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