Incident Report
September, 2018
Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia Project
Apartment Building Construction
Cranes
Raimondi Tower Crane
• One fatality • Two injured Key Learnings • Ensure workers are not subjected to loads travelling or The Outcome
being suspended overhead
• Ensure crane assembly is completed in full and safe for operation
• Cease operations and report any unsafe work conditions
A construction company and crane hire company have been charged over the death of a 48-year old man who was crushed by a concrete-laden kibble that fell from a crane in September 2018. Two other men in their late 20s were also injured in the terrible incident, which was attended by forty firefighters and specialist urban search and rescue teams. The three men were working in a residential site pit for a new 12 storey apartment building in Box Hill, Melbourne, when the incident occurred. A Raimondi tower crane was transporting a 1.5 cubic metre skip of concrete overhead when it malfunctioned, with the bucket falling into the pit below. Two of the men were struck by the kibble and submerged in the wet concrete. Workers tried frantically to free the men 10
LIFTING MATTERS
ISSUE Q3 2020
