Feedback sought:  Draft Approved Code of Practice for Cranes

Approved Code of Practice for Cranes

The Department of Labour would like your feedback on a new draft of the Approved Code of Practice for Cranes.  The code is a statement of preferred work practices or arrangements, for the purpose of ensuring the health and safety of people to whom this code applies and people who may be affected by the activities covered by this code.
 
This code was prepared by representatives of the crane and inspection industries and the Department of Labour. Its purpose is to support the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations 1999 and the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.

This code covers, but is not limited to, the following types of crane:

• Dockside
• derrick/post/jib
• overhead travelling/ gantry/monorail
• mobile (including crawler)
• pillar/column
• tower (including self-erecting)
• truck loader type
• container

It also covers the following equipment when being used as a crane:

• forklift trucks
• material handlers
• telehandlers
• earthmoving and forestry equipment

We invite you to make comment on the code and its relevance and usefulness to your workplace or sector.
Please complete the Feedback Response Form [RTF, 4 pages, 94kB] and return it by 25 October 2008 via post, email or fax to:

Nikki Jensen
Senior Advisor, Standard Setting
Department of Labour
PO Box 3705
Wellington
Fax: 04 915 6239
Email: nikki.jensen@dol.govt.nz.

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