Maintenance, Inspection and Thorough Examination of Mobile Cranes

10.0 Management Review of Maintenance Records and Procedures
10.1 Introduction
A regular management review of mobile crane maintenance records and procedures
is essential for the safe and efficient operation of a mobile crane fleet. It ensures that
management can be confident that a robust maintenance system is in place and will
rapidly highlight any shortcomings and the need for corrective action. The review
should include:-
� A review to see that faults are being corrected and closed out appropriately
and maintenance schedule is being completed to plan;
� A review to determine if the regime and frequencies are appropriate and to
analyse trends.
10.2 Benefits
The benefits of regular management review of maintenance records are:-
� Confidence that the system is functioning correctly;
� Identification of extraordinary events and failures;
� Ensuring that there is evidence of adequate maintenance to the Enforcing
Authorities in the event of an incident;
� Establishing breakdown trends over time and informing the review of
maintenance frequency;
� Identification of component failure trends for feedback to the manufacturer;
� Providing breakdown trends to the manufacturer to inform future designs;
� Highlighting on-site maintenance access problems for feedback to the
manufacturer to improve future designs;
� Monitoring the performance of individual cranes over time to provide
information on future purchases.
10.3 Review Frequency
The review should be carried out initially at least monthly. Once a suitable level of
confidence in the systems has been established the review frequency may be
reduced in the light of experience.
10.4 Review Methodology
The review should aim to identify exceptional events such as occurrences of heavy
expenditure and reoccurring faults. It should also measure achievement of
maintenance activities against target. An example of the use of such Key
Performance Indicators is given in Annex 9.
10.5 Review Records
It is essential that written records of the management review are made, both as
evidence that the reviews have been undertaken and to evaluate long term trends.
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