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2022 2nd Alert Hipo#37 Crane lost balance and toppled over
On 30th May at around 7:30 PM, After crane operators crew change, the night crane operator carried out pre-shift daily crane inspection which was stationed at parking area. He observed wire overlapped on wire drum. He decided to reeve the wire line in correct position. In this process he called night forklift operator to help him observe the drum and gave verbal signal. During the reeving process, he extended the boom without extracting the outriggers. Once wire was back in place, he tried to retract the boom which was unsuccessful. After several attempts, he asked night forklift operator to report the case to the tool pusher. Day crane operator (IP) was called to analyze the situation. Once IP reached the site. TP asked him to carefully just do visual inspection. However, IP entered cabin and decided to start the engine in his own judgment. The crane started to swing by itself and shifted the load on left hand side, which led the crane toppling to the left side. During this time, IP remained inside the crane’s cabin. After the impact, he was helped to leave the cabin and sent to hospital for further medical examination.
Ensure the crane outriggers and its jacks are fully opened before extract the boom at any case. Always follow operation manual Always intervene whenever applicable to prevent unwanted events from occur. Always STOP, re-assess the situation and never take individual decision. Ensure to report any defect to the concern maintenance team and DO NOT attempt to carry the repairing job by yourself.
Incompetent crane operator operated the crane The boom was extracted without open the outriggers due to technical reasons . This led the crane to become unbalance and toppled to ground due to computer malfunctions. Crane wire overlapped at the end roll, that’s why the crane operator had to extend the boom up to 19 meters to reach overlap point and free the wire. There was no intervention from forklift operator when he saw crane boom was taking out without open the outriggers. crane operator failed to follow operation manual.

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