A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which, a gantry crane hoist wire parted causing a load to drop, causing injury and damage to equipment.
E ngineers were overhauling a large diesel generator, using the engine room’s overhead gantry crane to lift a 1200kg cylinder liner into position above the engine. This required the electric winch motor to raise the crane hook to its maximum lift height, at which point the crane’s hoisting wire suddenly parted. The suspended cylinder liner fell onto the engine, causing damage to both pieces of equipment, and struck the left foot of an engine room fitter who was standing nearby. The crew member was treated in hospital for a broken toe. Small Overhead Crane
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