Cranes guidance material

This guidance provides information for PCBUs on how to manage the risks at a workplace associated with the inspection, maintenance and operation of cranes and other plant types, including quick hitches for earthmoving machinery.
It includes:

• guidance on managing risks associated with cranes, including tower cranes and mobile cranes
• information sheets on how to manage risks associated with a number of crane variants and attachments, including:
  • bridge and gantry cranes
  • powered mobile plant used as a crane
  • vessel mounted cranes
  • vehicle loading cranes, and
  • crane-lifted work boxes
• an information sheet on quick hitches for earthmoving machinery.

The Guide to Tower Cranes was amended on 21 March 2016 and republished in July 2016.

Related materials

• Code of Practice – Managing the risks of plant in the workplace
• High risk work categories and related licensing requirements.