Approved Code of Practice for Cranes
Appendix C: Reference Standards and documents
Reference Standard: Title
AS 1418 (set) Cranes, Hoists and Winches
AS 2550 (set) Cranes, Hoists and Winches– Safe Use: corresponds to AS 1418 i.e. 2550.18 and AS 1418.18 deal with the same item of equipment
AS 4991 Lifting Devices
AS/NZS 1170.2 Structural Design Actions – Wind Actions
AS/NZS 1554 (set) Structural Steel Welding
AS/NZS 1891.4 Industrial Fall-Arrest Systems and Devices - Selection, Use and Maintenance
AS/NZS 3000 Electrical Installations
BS 466 Specification for Power Driven Overhead Travelling Cranes, Semi-Goliath and Goliath Cranes for General Use
BS 1757 Specification for Power-Driven Mobile Cranes
BS 2452 Specification for Electrically Driven Jib Cranes Mounted on a High Pedestal or Portal Carriage (High Pedestal or Portal Jib Cranes)
BS 2853 Specification for the Design and Testing of Steel Overhead Runway Beams
BS 5744 Code of Practice for Safe Use of Cranes Overhead/Underhung Travelling and Goliath Cranes, High Pedestal and Portal Jib Dockside Cranes, Manually-Operated and Light Cranes, Container Handling Cranes and Rail-Mounted Low Carriage Cranes)
BS 7121 (set) Code of Practice for Safe Use of Cranes
BS 7262 Specification for automatic safe load indicators
BS 7333 Specification for Slewing Jib Cranes
CP 3010 Code of Practice for Safe Use of Cranes (Mobile Cranes, Tower Cranes and Derrick Cranes)
FEM 1.007 Recommendation to maintain tower cranes in safe condition
ISO 23814 Competency Requirements for Crane Inspectors
ISO 9927-1 Cranes – Inspections – Part 1: General
ISO 9927-3 Cranes – Inspections – Part 3: Tower Cranes
BS EN 12999 Cranes. Loader Cranes
BS EN 1677.5 Components for Slings. Safety. Forged Steel Lifting Hooks with Latch. Grade 4
BS EN 13001. 1 Crane Safety. General Design. General Principles and Requirements
BS EN 13155 Cranes. Safety. Non-Fixed Load Lifting Attachments
BS EN 1459 Safety of Industrial Trucks. Self-Propelled Variable Reach Trucks
BS ISO 1837 Lifting Hooks. Nomenclature
ISO 4309 Cranes - Wire Ropes - Care, Maintenance, Installation, Examination and Discard
ISO 8083 Machinery for Forestry – Falling-Object Protective Structures (FOPS) – Laboratory Tests and Performance Requirements
ISO 8084 Machinery for forestry – Operator protective structures – Laboratory tests and performance requirements
NZS 1170.5 Structural Design Actions – Earthquake Actions
NZS 4203 General Structural Design and Design Loadings for Buildings
NZS 4711 Qualification Tests for Metal-Arc welders
NZS/AS 2359.1 Powered Industrial Trucks – General Requirements
NZS/BS 2573.1 Rules for the Design of Cranes - Specification for classification, stress calculations and design criteria for structures
NZS/BS 2573.2 Rules for the Design of Cranes - Specification for classification, stress calculations and design of mechanisms
Documents
Approved Code of Practice for Load-lifting Rigging
Approved Code of Practice for the Safe Handling, Transportation and Erection of Precast Concrete
Approved Code of Practice for Demolition
Crane Safety Manual for Operators/Users, available from the Crane Association Inc
Electricity Regulations 1997 and subsequent amendments
Lifting Equipment Engineers of New Zealand – Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment
NZECP 34:2001 New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice for Electrical Safe Distances