Document ID (ISN) | 50295 |
CIS number |
88-1710 |
ISSN - Serial title |
Cahiers de notes documentaires - Sécurité et hygiène du travail |
Year |
1988 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Peltier F.L. |
Title |
Tower cranes with overlapping displacement zones. Safety devices |
Original title |
Grues à tour à zones d'évolution interférentes - Dispositifs de sécurité [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
1st Quarter 1988, No.130, Note No.1662-130-88, p.53-69. Illus. 12 ref. |
Abstract |
Tower cranes with overlapping displacement zones require safety devices capable of alerting the operator and if necessary acting on the controls. After a short description of different types of detection, this note reviews and describes the devices currently on the market or in the design stage. A table summarises the situation on 9 sites where such devices are used, and the results of a survey conducted among crane operators are given. The information gathered, the experience acquired and the technological advances in tower cranes and preventive devices should enable manufacturers, users and risk-prevention organisations to draw up draft specifications determining what targets must be achieved in view of the real difficulties on sites and the hazards specific to each installation. |
Descriptors (primary) |
construction sites; building industry; tower cranes; lifting equipment |
Descriptors (secondary) |
travel limiting devices; safety devices; hand signalling; optical signalling; acoustic signalling |
Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
Subject(s) |
Materials handling and storage
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Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
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Browse category(ies) |
Cranes Construction industry and civil engineering
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