Inspection of cranes

From the safe erection and dismantling of cranes to the operation and use of cranes, risk management is a key issue throughout the crane's life cycle. It is important to be aware that a crane at a standstill leads to a loss of earnings. Nowadays, with the various regulations ranging from daytime lighting to equipment safety, we can see that the challenge for these gigantic machines that are difficult to move, new technologies are an issue for the future in terms of repairing and controlling them.

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What is

Inspection of cranes?

Cranes (both tower cranes and self-propelled mobile cranes) are increasingly capable of handling loads and have more and more possibilities of use, which is why the safety of the crane operator must be protected by subjecting them to the necessary inspections. The inspection must include static, dynamic and stability tests, as well as equipment verification, in order to limit risks and protect people, animals, property and the environment from damage and accidents.

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Tower cranes

Royal Decree 836/2003, of 27 June, approving a new supplementary technical instruction "MIE-AEM-2" of the Regulation on lifting and handling equipment, referring to tower cranes for construction sites or other applications, establishes the official inspections that must be carried out.

Types of inspection

Commissioning inspection
Official periodic inspection
Extraordinary inspection

Periodicity

Official periodic inspection: two years
If the crane changes location

Self-propelled mobile cranes

Royal Decree 837/2003 of 27 June 2003 establishes the periodic inspections of self-propelled mobile cranes, in accordance with ITCMIE-AEM-4 of the Regulation on Lifting and Handling Equipment.

Types of inspection

Periodic inspection
Adequacy inspection for cranes that do not have "CE" marking (not manufactured according to R.D. 1435/1992)

Periodicity

Cranes up to six years old from the date of the EC declaration of conformity or manufacture that appears on the conformity: 3 years
Cranes between six and ten years old from the date of the EC declaration of conformity or manufacture as stated in the adequacy: 2 years
Cranes older than 10 years from the date of EC declaration of conformity or construction as stated in the adequacy: 1 year

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Adaptation of work equipment to R.D. 1215/97

One of the main obligations of any company is to guarantee the safety of its workers in any work environment. The use of certain work equipment, especially but not exclusively in the industrial sector, can become dangerous if the machines are unsafe or improperly installed.

Site health and safety coordination

Eurocontrol. has site H&S coordinators with an extensive track-record both in different types of work and in the time spent on each site. Eurocontrol offers your company a team that covers all stages on a construction site, from the design stage to completion.

Eurocontrol prepares any type of documentation required by Royal Decree 1627/97: