Health & Safety Update (March 2010)
Tower Cranes Regulations – Guidance
The Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010
comes into force on 6th April 2010. Under these
regulations, certain information about conventional tower cranes
used on construction sites must be notified to the
HSE. That is, all such cranes used to construct new buildings and
structures or refurbish or demolish existing ones.
HSE has published an information leaflet, to help businesses to
understand fully and comply with the regulations. This information
leaflet sets out:
- the types of tower crane that need to be notified
- who needs to ensure notification is made
- when the notification needs to be made
- what information needs to be notified
- how the information should be notified.
The HSE should be notified within 14 calendar days from, and
including, the date of any thorough examination of the conventional
tower crane required by
LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
1998):
- Following the crane's installation and before being put into
use for the first time on a particular site.
- When the crane is reconfigured on site e.g. when the height of
the mast is altered.
- When the crane stays on-site long enough for the existing
thorough examination to expire.
- If exceptional circumstances liable to jeopardise the safety of
the crane have occurred.
In each of these circumstances, the crane can be used as soon as
it has been thoroughly examined. The Regulations do not prevent a
crane's use in the 14-day period after its thorough examination
within which notification is required.
Download the leaflet at www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg437.pdf