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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Workplace health and safety obligations
• 3. Managing health and safety
  • 3.1 Risk management
  • 3.2 Consultation
  • 3.3 Training
• 4. Mobile cranes and construction work
• 5. Design and plant registration of mobile cranes
• 6. Risks associated with mobile crane operations
• 7. Limiting and indicating devices
• 8. Ergonomic issues
• 9. Crane documentation and markings
• 10. Planning and coordinating mobile crane operations
  • 10.1 Selecting the crane
  • 10.2 Crane crew
  • 10.3 Crane siting
  • 10.4 Communication
  • 10.5 Documented lifting procedures
• 11. Crane stability
  • 11.1 Stabilising and overturning moments
  • 11.2 Ground conditions and crane support
  • 11.3 Sloping ground—pick-and-carry cranes
  • 11.4 Wind conditions
  • 11.5 Roles and responsibilities regarding crane stability
• 12. Minimising risk of injury from collision
• 13. Erecting and dismantling mobile cranes
• 14. Operational issues
  • 14.1 Roles and responsibilities associated with mobile crane operations
  • 14.2 Minimising risk of injury from lifting loads
  • 14.3 Multiple crane lifts
  • 14.4 Leaving the crane unattended
  • 14.5 Mobile cranes and road travel
  • 14.6 Workboxes and first aid boxes
  • 14.7 Fatigue
  • 14.8 Additional precautions when using mobile cranes
• 15. Requirements for mobile cranes used in other circumstances
• 16. Use of other mobile plant as a mobile crane
• 17. Vehicle-loading cranes
• 18. Training
• 19. Inspecting, testing, maintenance and repair of mobile cranes
  • 19.1 'Competent person' for inspecting mobile cranes
  • 19.2 Non-destructive testing
  • 19.3 Pre-operational inspection
  • 19.4 Routine inspection and maintenance
  • 19.5 Annual inspections
  • 19.6 10-year major inspection
  • 19.7 Records of inspections and maintenance
  • 19.8 Mobile crane repair
  • 19.9 Second-hand imported (overseas) mobile cranes
• Appendices
  • Appendix 1 Dictionary
  • Appendix 2 Referenced technical standards
  • Appendix 3 Queensland driver licence classes
  • Appendix 4 Prescribed occupation certificate classes
  • Appendix 5 Familiarisation training checklists
  • Appendix 6 Example annual crane safety certificate
  • Appendix 7 Example crane safety certificate – 10-year inspection

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19. Inspecting, testing, maintenance and repair of mobile cranes

19.1 'Competent person' for inspecting mobile cranes
19.2 Non-destructive testing
19.3 Pre-operational inspection
19.4 Routine inspection and maintenance
19.5 Annual inspections
19.6 10-year major inspection
19.7 Records of inspections and maintenance
19.8 Mobile crane repair
19.9 Second-hand imported (overseas) mobile cranes

Failure to carry out appropriate planned inspections and preventative maintenance programs may lead to structural or mechanical failure and collapse of the mobile crane.

Inspecting and appropriate testing should be carried out frequently to ensure:

1. the parts of the crane subject to deterioration through corrosion, damage, wear or abrasion are replaced before they become unserviceable; and
2. the crane is maintained in a safe and serviceable condition (e.g. all windows and windscreens must be regularly cleaned and cracked windows and windscreens must be replaced to ensure vision is not obscured).

Inspecting and testing of mobile cranes should also include:

1. pre-operational inspection;
2. routine inspection and maintenance;
3. annual inspections; and
4. 10-year major inspections.

Last updated June 9, 2006

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