Approved Code of Practice for Cranes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Notice of Issue – Third Edition
- Foreword
- Table of Contents
- A Summary of The Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
- Regulations (Section 21)
- Approved Codes of Practice (Section 20)
- Employers’ Duties (Section 6)
- Hazard Management (Sections 7 to 10)
- Information for Employees and Health and Safety Representatives (Section 12)
- Training and Supervision of Employees (Section 13)
- Employers to Provide Opportunities for Employee Participation (Part 2A)
- Responsibility for Employees’ Work Activities (Section 15)
- Deemed Employees
- Duties of Employees (Section 19)
- Duties of the Self-Employed (Section 17)
- Duties of Principals (Section 18)
- Hirers, sellers and suppliers of plant (Section 18A)
- Persons in Control of a Place of Work (Section 16)
- Accidents and Serious Harm Recording and Notification (Sections 25 and 26)
- Part 1: General
- 1.1 Preface
- 1.2 Scope
- 1.3 interpretation
- 1.4 Definitions
- Part 2: Application of The PEPCR Regulations
- 2.1 Regulations
- 2.2 Duties of Controllers
- 2.3 Duties in Relation to Unsafe Equipment
- 2.4 Duties of Designers, Manufacturers and Suppliers
- 2.5 Administrative Provisions
- 2.6 Certificates
- Part 3: Operational Requirements for Controllers
- 3.1 Operations
- 3.2 Routine Checking
- 3.3 inspection and Certification
- 3.4 Alterations and Repairs
- 3.5 Maintenance
- 3.6 Accident Notification
- 3.7 Designated Design Life
- Part 4: Requirements for Persons Operating or Working With Cranes
- Unit Standards
- Part 5: Requirements of Designers
- 5.1 Requirements
- Part 6: Requirements of Design Verifiers
- 6.1 Requirements
- 6.2 Design Verification
- Part 7: Requirements of Manufacturers
- 7.1 Requirements
- Part 8: Requirements of Suppliers and Importers
- 8.1 Requirements
- Part 9: Functions of Equipment inspectors and inspection Bodies
- 9.1 Functions
- 9.2 inspections
- Part 10: Mobile Cranes
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Additional Requirements
- Part 11: Tower Cranes
- 11.1 General
- 11.2 Additional Requirements
- Part 12: Self-Erecting Tower Cranes
- 12.1 General
- 12.2 Additional Requirements
- Part 13: Gantry Cranes
- 13.1 General
- 13.2 Additional Requirements
- Part 14: Truck Loader Type Cranes (including Knuckle Boom and Telescopic/Straight Boom)
- 14.1 General
- 14.2 Additional Requirements
- Part 15: Tractor Cranes and Side Boom Pipe Layers
- 15.1 General
- 15.2 Additional Requirements
- Part 16: Other Cranes or Equipment Used As Cranes
- 16.1 General
- 16.2 Additional Requirements
- Part 17: Crane-Lifted Work Platforms
- 17.1 General
- Part 18: Demolition Ball Operations
- 18.1 Machines
- 18.2 Operator Protective Structures
- 18.3 Demolition Balls
- Appendix A: Load Safety Devices/Safe Load indicators
- Appendix B: Hand Signals
- Appendix C: Reference Standards and Codes
- Appendix D: Seismic Requirements for The Design of Tower, Portal and High Pedestal Cranes
- Appendix E: Stability Requirements for The Design of Tower, Portal and High Pedestal Cranes Under Seismic Loading
- Appendix F: Personal Protective Equipment
- Appendix G: Common Hazards Associated With Tower Crane Erection, Dismantling and Climbing Work
- Appendix H: Tower Crane inspections Checklist (informative)
- Tower Crane Climbing Frame inspection Test Report/Worksheet
- Self Erecting Tower Crane inspection Worksheet
- Tower Crane inspection Test Report/Worksheet
- Appendix I: Effective Equipment inspector Supervision

Picture 1: Crawler Crane
