AS 2550.5-1993

1 - AS 2550.5-1993 CRANES - SAFE USE - MOBILE AND VEHICLE-LOADING CRANES
4 - PREFACE
4 - CONTENTS
5 - 1 SCOPE
5 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
5 - 3 DEFINITIONS
5 - 4 SITING
5 - 4.1 General requirements
6 - 4.2 Excavations and embankments
6 - 4.3 Soft surfaces
6 - 4.4 Riverbed, tidal or flood water areas
6 - 4.5 Working over cellars, ground cavities or underground services
6 - 4.6 Working on structures
6 - 4.7 Outriggers
6 - 5 ERECTION AND DISMANTLING
6 - 5.1 Crane stability during erection and dismantling procedures
7 - 5.2 Adjustment of outriggers
7 - 6 OPERATION
7 - 6.1 Travelling and transportation
7 - 6.1.1 Road travel
7 - 6.1.2 Site travel with a boom or a jib fitted
7 - 6.1.3 Loading cranes for transportation
7 - 6.1.4 Security of crane for transportation
7 - 6.1.5 Transportation of the boom section and the jib section
7 - 6.1.6 Travel and transport clearances
7 - 6.2 Working near aerial conductors (overhead power lines)
8 - 6.3 Load rating
8 - 6.3.1 Load chart
8 - 6.3.2 Radii extending under load
9 - 6.4 Precautions in the use of a telescopic boom crane
10 - 6.5 Travelling with suspended loads (pick-and-carry)
10 - 6.5.1 General
10 - 6.5.2 Surface preparation
10 - 6.5.3 Out of level operation
10 - 6.5.4 Slopes
10 - 6.5.5 Avoidance of side loading on boom or jib
10 - 7 LIMITING AND INDICATING DEVICES
10 - 7.1 Inspection, testing and calibration
10 - 7.2 Records
11 - 7.3 Maintenance
11 - 7.4 Operating instructions
14 - APPENDIX A - BASIC TERMINOLOGY AND FUNCTIONS OF TYPICAL MOBILE CRANES