Reporting Incidents

The requirements for reporting crane incidents
Pressure equipment, cranes, and passenger ropeways regulations 1999Are you aware that cranes have a higher threshold for the reporting of incidents?

The pressure equipment, cranes, and passenger ropeways regulations 1999 states:

Accident notification

1. Every controller must take all practicable steps to ensure that, if an event of the kind described in subclause (2) occurs, the actions described in subclause (3) are carried out.
2. The event is one that--
   
   a) occurs in a place of work; and
   
   b) causes--
         i) damage that affects the operational safety of equipment; or
         ii)damage to other property that may affect the safety of equipment; and
   
   c) might, in different circumstances, have caused a person to be seriously harmed.
3. The actions are--
   
   a) notifying the Secretary as soon as possible after the event; and
   
   b) giving the Secretary, within 7 days of the event's occurrence, a detailed written report of an investigation of the circumstances of the event carried out by an inspection body or by a chartered professional engineer (as defined in section 6 of the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act 2002) with a qualification in mechanical engineering independent of the controller.

For further details see: 

1. Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways Regulations 1999
2. The Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeway Guidelines Published by WorkSafe NZ.
3. The Crane Association of New Zealand Reporting Incidents - News Bulletin.

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