8. Accidents
8.1 Causes of accidents
The risks involved in using tower cranes are many, and although maximum safety is sought and applied, accidents do happen.
The regional health insurance funds and their prevention departments record the accident investigation on a national database EPICEA (étude de prévention par informatisation des comptes-rendus d'enquêtes d'accidents du travail). The database for the analysis of accidents involving tower cranes between 1979 and 2014 identified 183 accidents.
Analysis of accident reports shows that there are several types of accident, each involving :
falling, collapsing or overturning of the crane: this is the most frequent cause of accidents, and may be due to overloading,...
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Bibliography
- Guide technique du 18 novembre 2014 relatif aux opérations de modification des machines en service, - https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/publications/picts/bo/20141130/TRE_20140011_0110 _0001.pdf (2014)....
Standards and norms
- Overhead load hoists – Security – Tower cranes - NF EN 14439+A2 - Juillet 2009
- Overhead load hoists – Steel cables – Care and maintenance, inspection and removal - NF ISO 4309 - Janvier 2018
- Machine safety – Safety-related parts of control systems – Part 1: General design principles [cancelled 1er September 2012] - NF EN 954-1 - Février 1997
- Machine safety – Safety-related parts of control systems...
Regulations
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 17, 2006 on machinery, amending Directive 95//EC (Machinery Directive).
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 98/37/EEC of June 22, 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery (replaced by Directive 2006/42/SC of December 29, 2009).
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OPPBTP (Professional organization for building and public works)
FFB (French Building Federation)
FNTP (National Federation of Public Works)
Software
Calculation tool for determining the out-of-service wind applied to a crane (INRS)
https://www.inrs.fr/dms/inrs/CatalogueOutil/TI-outil54/outil-calcul-vent-outil54.zip
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