
Dropped Load – A Layer Cake of Errors
Dropped LoadA Dropped Load
Several hundred pre-cast concrete reinforced panels had been craned and installed without any obvious safety issues when a panel detached from the basketed flat sling arrangement and fell to the floor below.
The slings had…

A Flexible Load and Over Centre Scissor Clamps – A Dangerous Combination
Dropped LoadDropped Load - A Rail Tale
Back at the beginning of my safety career I investigated a dropped load incident where a 25 metre length of rail line fell whilst the rail was being lifted by a crane into position as a replacement item for…