About the incident with a mobile crane
In the current year, 16 incidents occurred in the Republic of Belarus during the operation of lifting cranes, including 8 accidents, 2 of which were fatal.
We are sending information for dissemination to crane owners to prevent incidents with lifting cranes.
On October 2, 2023, in the village of Esipova Rudnya, Maloavtyukovsky rural council, Kalinkovichi district, Gomel region, a fatal accident occurred during the demolition of a blocked residential building with the involvement of a truck crane (MAZ5337-KS 3579) owned by an individual. Violations of the requirements of the Industrial Safety Rules for Lifting Cranes, approved by the Resolution of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus No. 66 dated December 22, 2018, were established:
a truck crane was operated by a private individual without registering the lifting crane with the State Industrial Supervision Authority;
the truck crane had not undergone technical inspection, technical diagnostics, or annual technical condition control;
there are no entries in the lifting crane's passport or logbook regarding the permission to operate the lifting crane;
work at the site was carried out without a permit for work execution;
no individuals responsible for maintaining the lifting crane in proper working order have been appointed, individuals responsible for the safe operation of lifting cranes, who have undergone the necessary training and knowledge verification in industrial safety;crane operations were performed by a crane operator (crane driver) who had not undergone industrial safety knowledge verification;cargo slinging was carried out by workers who had not undergone the necessary training and knowledge verification in industrial safety;the automotive lifting crane lacks a passport;operations were conducted in the absence of a work execution project.
We are sending information for dissemination to crane owners to prevent incidents with lifting cranes.
On October 2, 2023, in the village of Esipova Rudnya, Maloavtyukovsky rural council, Kalinkovichi district, Gomel region, a fatal accident occurred during the demolition of a blocked residential building with the involvement of a truck crane (MAZ5337-KS 3579) owned by an individual. Violations of the requirements of the Industrial Safety Rules for Lifting Cranes, approved by the Resolution of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus No. 66 dated December 22, 2018, were established:
a truck crane was operated by a private individual without registering the lifting crane with the State Industrial Supervision Authority;
the truck crane had not undergone technical inspection, technical diagnostics, or annual technical condition control;
there are no entries in the lifting crane's passport or logbook regarding the permission to operate the lifting crane;
work at the site was carried out without a permit for work execution;