RR820 - Tower crane incidents worldwide - HSE
RR820 - Tower crane incidents worldwide - HSE
RR820 - Tower crane incidents worldwide - HSE
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Health and Safety<br />
Executive<br />
<strong>Tower</strong> <strong>crane</strong> <strong>incidents</strong> <strong>worldwide</strong><br />
Richard Isherwood BEng (Hons) CEng MIMechE<br />
Harpur Hill<br />
Buxton<br />
Derbyshire<br />
SK17 9JN<br />
Since 2000 there have been five major <strong>incidents</strong> on UK construction sites that involved the collapse of<br />
a tower <strong>crane</strong>. These five being Canary Wharf in 2000, Worthing in 2005, Battersea in 2006, Liverpool<br />
in 2007, Croydon in 2007 and Liverpool in 2009. Subsequent investigation into these <strong>incidents</strong> by <strong>HSE</strong>,<br />
assisted by HSL, showed that these collapses were due to different causes.<br />
HSL were requested to identify tower <strong>crane</strong> <strong>incidents</strong> that had taken place around the world between 1989<br />
to 2009 and obtain, where possible, the causes of each incident and the tower <strong>crane</strong> involved. The intention<br />
underlying the research was to use the information obtained to assist in advising and guiding the UK tower<br />
<strong>crane</strong> industry to help improve safety.<br />
This report and the work it describes were funded by the Health and Safety Executive (<strong>HSE</strong>). Its contents,<br />
including any opinions and/or conclusions expressed, are those of the author alone and do not necessarily<br />
reflect <strong>HSE</strong> policy.<br />
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