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Campaign for safer cranes

Campaign for safer cranes

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 1 month ago
Sign up to Building magazine\'s campaign to improve the safety of cranes. We are calling for: A public register of the checks carried out on cranes to reassure the public and raise accountability. An Annual MOT on cranes more than 10 years old, to be carried out by independent qualified engineers when the crane is assembled. An urgent HSE blitz on cranes. Building magazine launched the Safer Skyline campaign in January after the second fatal crane collapse in four months. We have already won the support of major trade unions; contractors such as Bovis Lend Lease, Carillion and Balfour Beatty; and construction bodies such as the Construction Confederation and the United Crane Operators Association. Martin Linton, MP for Battersea, table and early-day motion in parliament supporting the campaign. It has so far been signed by 65 MPs. The campaign was brought up in a Westminster debate on fatalities in the construction industry. Posters urging workers to call for greater crane safety were distributed to building sites across the UK. They\'re up on projects such as Heathrow Terminal 5 and Paradise Street in Liverpool, and on sites in Bristol, Newcastle, Manchester and Scotland. For more on the campaign, log on to www.building.co.uk/saferskyline

Updates

August 8, 2007

The HSE is still ignoring our demands for a safety blitz despite the pressure we are building. Email your local MP today to ensure they bring this issue up in the next parliamentary session.

August 8, 2007

The momentum behind our crane safety demands is now undeniable. Call your local representative today to demand they support this campaign. Post the petition link on Facebook to keep the pressure on industry leaders.

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Sarah Fleming
19 years ago Featured

about time. saw a crane swaying in the wind last week over the high street and it looked terrifying. no one should be at risk like that.

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Dave Lund
19 years ago Featured

Too many accidents lately. These machines are massive and people are walking right underneath them on the sidewalk. Get them checked properly.

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mark Nash
19 years ago Featured

TOTAL NEGLECT. tighten the rules now before someone else gets killed.

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