materials, components) due to plant or equipment failure or operator error Note, the following items of plant are not considered cranes under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and are not subject to the requirements below:Ĭommon risks associated with cranes and lifting equipment include:

What's a crane?Ī crane is any appliance intended for raising or lowering a load and moving it horizontally, including the supporting structure of the crane and its foundations, including: Hazardous manual tasks Toggle menu for Hazardous manual tasksĬranes and mechanical lifting gear are used to handle excessively heavy loads and, as such, create the potential for serious injury or death.Heavy equipment and utility vehicles for demo activities.Heavy equipment and utility vehicles for grading and excavating tasks.Large drivable milling machines (half lane and larger).Small drivable milling machines less than half lane.Walk-behind milling machines and floor grinders.Handheld grinders for tasks other than mortar removal.

Jackhammers or handheld powered chipping tools.

Vehicle-mounted drilling rigs for rock and concrete.

Handheld power saws for cutting fibre-cement board with a blade diameter of 200mm or less.

Construction dust: respirable crystalline silica.

Respirable crystalline silica in the stone benchtop industry.

Reduction in workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica.

Respirable crystalline silica audit campaign report: Stage 3.

Gantry crane lift plan