IN THIS ISSUE:MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

PROPOSED WITHDRAWALOF LEEA SAFE USEINSTRUCTION SHEETS

SUCCESSFUL VISIT TOKITO EUROPE

TÜV RHEINLAND TAKESOVERHEAD TRAVELLINGCRANE DIPLOMA

ANNUAL GOLF DAYPROVES POPULAR

AND MORE!

LiftEx IN LIVERPOOLThe UK’s leading exhibition for the lifting industrywill return to its two-day format at the LiverpoolExhibition Centre, 11-12 November 2015.

LiftEx will take place at thebrand new purpose-builtLiverpool Exhibition Centre

in November, incorporating anumber of new features,including a co-locatedconference on the second day.

The LiftEx IndustryConference will take place forthe first time alongside theexhibition, featuring a series ofshort presentations delivered byleading figures from the liftingequipment industry.

Striking a balance betweeninternational, headline speakersand others representing liftingactivity in the local area, theconference is expected to attractC-level executives and material

handling managers who work inevery aspect of the industry.

Headline presenters includeIan Simpson, HM principalspecialist inspector of healthand safety, mechanicalengineering, Health & SafetyExecutive (HSE); and Ingo Ruehlfrom CERN, the EuropeanOrganisation for NuclearResearch. Meanwhile, localinterest will be generated by DTEngineering North West, LiftTurn Move, Adlib Lighting andHoist UK, all of which will talkabout lifting applications in theLiverpool area.

Oliver Auston, technicalcommittee chairman, Working atHeight Safety Association

(WAHSA) and vice chairman /E&Q committee chairman, LEEA,will pose the question, why dowe have such 'poor governance'in the lifting gear industrycompared to other industries?

Nick Moriarty, operationsdirector, Zip World and directorof Treetop Trek and RopesCourse Developments Ltd.; andconsultant Bryan Croniecomplete the world-class lineup.

Show floorA larger exhibition area willinclude over 100 companiesshowcasing the latestinnovations, products andservices. Thanks to aconsiderably more extensivepromotional campaign than inprevious years, over 1,500dedicated industry professionalsand end users from a widerange of vertical markets,

including construction, oil andgas, utilities and manufacturing,are expected to visit theexhibition over the two days.

Innovation will featureheavily on the show floor withthe Innovation Fast Pitch arena,which will be a key highlightfor visitors looking for the latestproducts on offer in theindustry in a fast-movingenvironment. The arena willhost demos of lifting products,services and applications newto market.

Also new for this year willbe an opportunity to join fellowattendees at the LiftExNetworking Evening at the endof Day One.• Visit the event website at

www.LiftEx.org or thededicated conference page atwww.LiftEx.org/Conference

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A LARGER EXHIBITION AREA WILL INCLUDEOVER 100 COMPANIES SHOWCASINGLIFTING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

LEEA LAUNCHES DUBAICRANE CONFERENCE—

14-15 DECEMBER 2015

LiftingRiggingConference

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There’s a lot to talk about with roadshows, conferences, LiftEx, other events, and much morein the diary during the second half of the year.

A LOAD OFINFORMATIONT he second copy of our new

publication already! The first issuewas well received and we have had

many positive comments; if you have ideasfor how we might develop it please feelfree to contact us. Members’ articles arewelcome but technical or general interestarticles only—we won’t run purelycommercial pieces.

Work is progressing well on the newLEEA Learning Management System (LMS).The TEAM card refresher programme isbeing run on the software and this hasproved very successful in reachingeveryone needing to renew their cards.We’ve had a lot of positive commentsabout the new training process and I’mconfident new students will find thecourses engaging and stimulating. Newdelegates for LEEA online training will beregistered on the new LMS fromSeptember 2015 for Part 1 and LiftingEquipment General courses with the otherdiplomas being available from the end ofthe first quarter of 2016.

LEEA technical meetings continue to bewell attended, outgrowing the currentvenue and, as a consequence, there is achange of location for the next meeting on14 July to The Holiday Inn, Birmingham M6Junction 7 (postcode B43 7BG) so makesure you change your diary and turn up atthe right place.

Members who are not part of thecommittee are free to attend to join thediscussions and take part in the technicalforum session in the afternoon but pleaselet us know ahead of time so that we canensure the right number of seats and givethe hotel catering numbers. Our thanksalso to those members of the technicalcommittee who are supporting a numberof small working groups looking at keyissues. There is a lot of work going on andthis will result in new guidance coming outto members on a wide variety of issues.

The LEEA Roadshow in Aberdeen was agreat success and well attended; we arealready planning another for early 2016. Inthe discussion at the end of the roadshowit was suggested we form a local technicalgroup in Aberdeen, which was well

supported by those present and we’relooking to organise something forSeptember. If you would like to beinvolved or have suggestions for topicsthat should be covered then please let usknow. The next roadshows will be held inBelfast on 16 June followed by Dublin on18 June. Full details are available on thewebsite.

LEEA staff will be promoting theassociation and its members at a numberof events during June with venues varyingfrom Newcastle to Abu Dhabi. Check thedates on the website to see where; we’llbe delighted to see you. The LEEA Lifting& Rigging Conference Asia, in Singapore on23 –24 June, is the main event of thesummer and with a full programme ofindustry speakers covering a range oftopics, excellent sponsors and an evergrowing list of delegates it should be agreat event. If you’re in the region thereare still some delegate spaces left—bookyours now.

The enthusiasm for the Asia conferencehas been picked up by members in otherregions and as a result we are looking atthe possibility of a Middle East conferencebefore the end of the year. When we haveprogressed things further we’ll circulate fulldetails.

Work on LiftEx 2015 is going well.There are three strands to this year’sevent—the exhibition held over two fulldays; an industry conference on thesecond day, with top class industryspeakers including Ian Simpson from theUK’s HSE and Ingo Ruehl, the head ofmaterial handling at CERN, the home ofthe hadron collider; and the innovationfast pitch area where members have anopportunity to pitch their new productswith the audience voting for theirfavourite. With a networking event at theend of day one, there will be lots ofopportunities for exhibitors and visitors tomeet, make new contacts and exchangeideas.

Also in Liverpool immediately followingLiftEx we have the members AGM anddinner dance, with a superb venue at theHilton and a first class line up ofentertainment this is an event not to miss.Again, full details are available on thewebsite.

The LEEA Golf Day hosted by RUD atthe Celtic Manor course is fully bookedwith a record number of players. If theWelsh weather cooperates it should be agreat day for everyone. William Hacketthave kindly offered to host the event in2016 and we will circulate members withthe date and venue as soon as they areconfirmed. If members in other regionsthink that they would like to organisesomething similar then let us know andwe’ll provide support to get things off theground.

Geoff Holden

THE INAUGURAL LEEA LIFTING& RIGGING CONFERENCE ASIAIS FAST APPROACHING, 23-24JUNE IN SINGAPORE.

LEEA MEMBER COMPANIES ARE WELCOME TO SEND STORIES FORINCLUSION IN THE LIFTING ENGINEER. Contact John Williams john.williams@leeaint.com

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FORMEMBERS—ACTION REQUIRED

It is a requirement of the Supply ofMachinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 that

adequate instructions for safe use aresupplied with all lifting equipment. Theseinstructions must be in an official communitylanguage or the languages of the EUmember state in which the equipment is tobe placed upon the market and put intoservice.

Some years ago LEEA developed anumber of generic safe use instructiondocuments which are used extensively bymember companies within the EU andelsewhere. However, recent events mean thatthese have now, in many cases, been foundinadequate to meet the current legalrequirements.

There has been a recent legal caseinvolving a LEEA member where theadequacy of the documents was called intoquestion. The member company supplied alifting beam which was accompanied by theLEEA document for safe use of lifting beams.The member was later asked to modify thebeam by the addition of fork lift pockets toallow the beam, without its load, to be moreeasily transported around the yard.

However, once returned to the client,instead of using the attached slings to liftthe load, the operator attempted to lift theload using the fork lift pockets, the loadslipped and fell causing injury and followingan HSE investigation the Crown ProsecutionService mounted a prosecution.

During the court case the prosecutioncalled into question the adequacy of thesafe use instructions and demonstrated thatthe information was too generic and did nottake into account the foreseeable misuse ofthe equipment i.e. using the fork lift pocketsto carry out the lift. The prosecution actingon HSE advice made it clear there should bea written risk assessment showing themanufacturer had thought of ways of misuseand the action taken to mitigate that. Themember company was found at fault andfined.

Following the case, the membersinsurers have carried out an audit and aresatisfied with the overall competence of thecompany but have insisted that when itemsare delivered the member should obtain a

signed receipt that the customer has alsoreceived the safe use instructions. Inaddition they have insisted that a permanentplate be attached to fabricated items statingthat the equipment should only be used asper the supplied safe use instructions and tocheck with the manufacturer if unsure.

WHAT ACTION IS BEING TAKEN BY LEEA?This is now case law and so action needs tobe taken to review the contents and use ofthe LEEA safe use instruction sheets.

The LEEA technical committee hasdecided that all the documents will bereviewed and that new documentation willbe issued. For simple, series produced itemssuch as shackles, eyebolts etc. it may bepossible for LEEA to issue a new updatedsheet. But for more complex items or itemssuch as chain slings and wire rope slingswhere the supplier/distributor is effectivelythe manufacturer then LEEA will issueinstructions to members on how to developtheir own safe use instruction sheets asthese will be company specific to theirparticular assemblies due to the differingcomponents used by member companies.

Work has commenced on the review ofthese documents but it will be several weeksbefore this can be completed and reviewedby the technical committee.

WHAT ACTION DO MEMBERS NEED TO TAKENOW?If you are currently using the LEEA safe useinstruction sheets you may continue to doso but only after carrying out a review todecide if they adequately fulfil the minimumrequirements of SOMSR for the products youare supplying. Generic guidance on whatinformation is required in safe useinstructions is contained in LEEA documentreference LEEA 062 General Guidance to themanufacturer of lifting equipment for thedevelopment of instructions for use. This canbe found in the member’s area of thewebsite and has also been sent to allmembers with this advisory note.

A process should also be put in place toensure that you deliver the instructions tothe customer and have receiptsacknowledging they have received them.

The Middle East Health & SafetyConference, which will provide theregion’s health and safetyprofessionals with an internationalplatform to share knowledge andnetwork with their peers, takes placeat the Grand Hyatt Muscat, Oman on25-27 October 2015.

The 2015 LEEA AGM and DinnerDance will be held at The HiltonLiverpool on 13 November 2015.The AGM will take place from 2pmto 5pm before a three-coursedinner at 7pm, which is followedby live entertainment. Dress codeis black tie. Tickets are limited andtend to sell out quickly; full detailsare on the website.

The UK’s leading exhibition forthe lifting industry, LiftEx, willreturn to its two-day format at thenearby Liverpool Exhibition Centre,11-12 November.

LIVERPOOLHOSTS AGM ANDDINNER DANCEAFTER LiftEx

LEEA full member company HoistUK, a manufacturer and supplier oflifting and handling equipment forindustrial and entertainmentapplications, has supplied abespoke monorail hoisting systemwith an automated verticaloscillation element for a largeaerospace manufacturer based inthe UK.

HOIST UK SUPPLIESBESPOKE AUTOMATICOSCILLATING CRANE

Proposed Withdrawal of LEEA Safe Use Instruction Sheets

DURING THE COURT CASE THE PROSECUTION CALLED INTOQUESTION THE ADEQUACY OF THE SAFE USE INSTRUCTIONS ANDDEMONSTRATED THAT THE INFORMATION WAS TOO GENERIC.

LEEA ARE PROUDSUPPORTERS OF MEHSE 2015

GOLF DAY SPONSORSHIPOPPORTUNITIES STILLAVAILABLETwenty extra places were added to LEEA’s Annual

Golf Day at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales,as host RUD Chains Limited received widespreadinterest in the event, which takes place at the famouscourse on Thursday 2 July.

There are no further places on offer to players butsponsorship opportunities are still available. Sponsorsalready supporting include RUD, Cento Group, WilliamHackett, Prolift Handling, Bridger Howes, Straightpoint,Lift Turn Move, Tiger Lifting, South Wales Lifting and Lift& Escalator.

“I originally booked 40 places but I have had somuch interest I have had to increase the number ofplayers to 60,” said Alan Walton, of RUD Chains Limited.“We also have 72 people sitting down to dinner.”

To sponsor a hole, table or make a donation, contact Alan Walton at alan.walton@RUD.co.uk.

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T en employees of TÜV Rheinland,a global provider of technical,

safety and certification services, tookLEEA’s Overhead Travelling CraneDiploma at its facility in Abu Dhabirecently.

The diploma, conducted byAndrew Wright, learning anddevelopment manager at LEEA,focuses on overhead, portal andsemi-portal cranes and includesthorough examination proceduresand criteria for returning items intoservice. The course is structured totake place over a five-day period.

Wright said: “The courseprovides information that has acritical bearing on the depth ofexamination necessary to ensure thatoverhead cranes and their supportingstructures are declared fit for afurther period of service.

“The TÜV Rheinland studentswere highly motivated individuals,passionate about safety and theirresponsibility to ensure that everyaspect of overhead crane thoroughexaminations are carried outsystematically and critically.”

Dharmalingham Raja, GulfCooperation Council area manager—lifting equipment inspection andtraining at TÜV Rheinland, said: “Theinspectors who participatedthoroughly enjoyed the training

course. Andrew answered allquestions that arose about thoroughexamination and load testing, forexample.”

Wright, who has been workingwith Dharmalingham for over fiveyears, concluded: “I am very gratefulto Dharmalingham and his team forthe manner in which the trainingcourse was approached. It is veryrewarding to facilitate sharedexperiences, debate and topicalissues during the course in supportof the learning material.

“There was a very high level ofparticipation and engagement, whichenhanced the advanced nature of thecourse and contributed enormouslyto the learning experience of allinvolved. I would also like to extendmy gratitude to Dharmalingham forhis generous hospitality andexcellent organisation of the trainingcourse facilities and supportservices.”

TÜV RHEINLAND STAFF TAKEOVERHEAD TRAVELLING CRANEDIPLOMA IN ABU DHABI

LEEA ENJOYS SUCCESSFULVISIT TO KITO EUROPE

WE’RE HIRING: TECHNICAL OFFICERDue to continuing growth in membership, LEEA is looking for an additionalTechnical Officer. Working predominantly in the UK, the successful applicantwill be responsible for carrying out technical audits of member companiesand providing technical support and advice to members.

Reporting to the UK country manager, the job will be home based andthe successful candidate will be responsible for managing their own diary,responding to members’ requirements in their designated territory.

Minimum requirements:• GCSE or equivalent English and Mathematics• Holder of a UK driving licence• Five or more years experience working in the lifting equipment industry

or similar engineering environment using lifting equipment

Additional requirements:• An HNC or degree level qualification in an engineering discipline will

be an advantage• Experience and training in audit techniques would be an advantage,

although extensive training will be given.• The candidate should be able to demonstrate a high degree of

discipline and self-motivation.

The position offers a competitive salary plus an attractive benefits packageincluding a company vehicle, pension and health insurance. Applicationsshould be sent by email including current salary details and CV tomail@leea.co.uk.

LEEA’s Andrew Wright withDharmalingham Raja and his teamat TÜV Rheinland.

Electric and manual chainhoist manufacturer KitoEurope GmbH hosted threeLEEA training officers inApril. James Gabriele, CraigMorelli and David Thomsontook part in equipmenttraining at the Düsseldorf,Germany facility beforeGabriele conducted a LEEAPart 1 Entrance certificatecourse for four Kitoemployees.

Kito provided trainingon direct current brakingsystems and outlinedcomparisons to traditionalvoltage braking systems.The LEEA training officersalso benefited from adiscussion on inverterprogramming and saw themany benefits of radiocontrolled hoist systems.

Gabriele said: “It isinteresting to hear fromexperienced engineers andalways a pleasure to meetand welcome newcomersto our industry throughLEEA Part 1 Entrancecertificate courses.Typically, students havevaried ranges of expertisebut they have a commonunderstanding towardssafety. I am constantlyimpressed by the level of

appreciation for safetyissues; never has a studentquestioned safety orchallenged the reasonswhy our course regards itas the number one factor.”He added: “Kito is a worldleader; their team arehighly motivated andbelieve in maintaining highstandards.”

Kito Europe head ofsales, Martin Fuller, wholed much of the equipmenttraining, said: “James did agreat job of energising thesessions. The visit openeddoors to discussions aboutlifting and riggingequipment, which enabledus to expand on our hoistexpertise. We share withLEEA a passion for safetythat forms a great bondbetween our respectiveorganisations.”

LEEA’s James Gabrielewith Martin Fuller, MichaelKraemer and RobertAhreas at Kito.

In recent years, there hasbeen growing recognition ofthe need to implement

robust and rigorous proceduresto ensure the safety andefficiency of overhead lifting.This extends across a number ofdifferent disciplines, includingplanning, supervision andoperation. The importance of aprofessional approach to theperiodic inspection, examinationand maintenance of overheadlifting equipment is also morewidely understood than ever.

However, identifyingprecisely what is required, howfrequently, and by whom, can bea challenging process.Companies working acrossnational boundaries and, inparticular, parts of the worldthat lack sector-specificlegislation, can also face theadded complication of trying tofind a suitable framework forsuch programmes. In thisrespect, an often-overlookedresource is the ISO series ofstandards for crane inspection,which are subject to acontinuing process of updatesand revisions. These are bothextending the scope andimproving the relevance of thestandards to those withresponsibility for overhead liftingequipment and operations.

Perhaps one reason that theISO crane inspection standardsdo not currently have a higherprofile is down to the fact that,in years gone by, internationalproduct standards have notenjoyed the best of reputations.Typically they were often seenas representing the lowestcommon denominator of variousnational standards, rather thanthe most rigorous means ofidentifying a quality product.

However, recent years haveseen a change for the better.Harmonised European Standards(CEN), for example, haveparticular significance in that aproduct genuinely made to therelevant CEN is deemed to meetthe essential health and safetyrequirements demanded by theMachinery Directive. Similarly,reflecting the growing impact of

globalisation in the overheadlifting sector (and far beyond),ISO standards have evolved intomuch more meaningful anduseful tools.

During the ‘noughties’, threenew ISO standards wereintroduced with the specificobjective of raising the safetylevel of cranes worldwide.ISO9927-1: 2009, Cranes–Inspections—Part 1—General,specified the inspections to becarried out on cranes, excludinginspections carried out prior tofirst use.

This covered methods,personnel, precautions andresults. ISO9927-3: 2005,Cranes—Inspections—Part 3:Tower Cranes, specified theregular inspections that neededto be carried out on thisparticular class of liftingequipment: daily, frequent,periodic and thorough. AndISO23814: 2009, Cranes—Competency Requirements forCrane Inspectors, aimed to setuniformly high standards for thiscritical role. Key issues coveredincluded independence,impartiality and integrity,technical knowledge andexperience, techniques, andtraining requirements.

In the years since, therelevant ISO TechnicalCommittee has been working onrevising, updating and reissuingthese standards. The 2013revision of ISO9927-1 representsits third edition and aims tobring together different elementsthat contribute to the safety,use, operation, maintenance and

inspection of cranes; it givesextensive guidance on the needfor daily, frequent, periodic,enhanced and majorinspections, what to cover,methods of inspection and whois competent to perform them.

Requirements for recordsand reports are also detailed.Similar progress is being madeon other aspects of the ISOcanon. For example, ISOISO9927-3 and ISO 23814completed their latest reviewstages during the course of 2014and ISO9927-5 CraneInspections—Part 5—OverheadTravelling Cranes and PortalBridge Cranes is currently underdevelopment. Along with otherstandards either published or inthe pipeline, it adds up to anextensive and expanding libraryof documents that can providepractical guidance and supportfor those looking to implementand execute effective craneinspection strategies and more.

Ensuring that liftingequipment remains fit forpurpose is clearly a criticalundertaking in any industry. Butin offshore applications,additional risk factors oftenmake it an even more significant

task. Most obviously these caninclude exposure to acombination of salt water andair, leading to acceleratedcorrosion of the componentparts of lifting equipment.However, proximity toinflammable materials, flarestacks or hot condensate lines,temperatures outside the 0° to25°C range, exposure tochemicals and acidicenvironments, restricted workingspace and the additionaldynamic loads imposed by themovement of vessels andinstallations can also have adetrimental effect.

Many working in this sectorwill already be well aware of anumber of documentaryresources. In the UK, LOLER(Lifting Operations and LiftingEquipment Regulations) and itsApproved Code of Practice(ACoP) are natural startingpoints. LEEA’s Code of Practicefor the Safe Use of LiftingEquipment (COPSULE), User’sPocket Guide and a shorter codeof practice designed specificallyto help companies manage therisks of using hand chain blocksand lever hoists in the offshoresector are also popular andproven references. To this listshould certainly be added therelevant ISO series, whichreflects and supports a modern,effective approach to craneinspection, and continues togrow and evolve in line with thelatest demands of the overheadlifting sector.

ISO SETS MODERN STANDARDSFOR CRANE INSPECTIONBy Denis Hogan, LEEA UK Country Manager & Regional Manager—West

EIC Connect Middle East, Abu Dhabi 2 JuneSubsea North East, Newcastle 11 JuneLEEA Roadshow, Belfast 16 JuneSeawork International, Southampton 16-18 JuneLEEA Roadshow, Dublin 18 JuneLEEA Lifting & Rigging Conference Asia, Singapore 23-24 JuneLEEA Annual Golf Day, Wales 2 JulyLEEA Global Examinations 19 AugustLEEA Roadshow, Cardiff 17 SeptemberADIPEC, Abu Dhabi 9-12 NovemberLiftEx, Industry Conference, AGM, Dinner Dance, Liverpool 11-13 November

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