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ALLMI merges with
ALLMI Training
On the 1st February
this year, the Association of Lorry Loader
Manufacturers and Importers (ALLMI) merged with
ALLMI Training Ltd to form a single limited company.
The formation of this company, ALLMI Ltd, brings a
new corporate identity, part of which includes the
new ALLMI logo (above left).ALLMI was founded in
1978 at the request of the Health & Safety Executive
and has always been heavily involved in forming and
influencing “Best Practice” within the lorry loader
industry. Although ALLMI has been successfully
involved in a number of issues, ALLMI members were
polled in 2003 with regard to their feelings towards
the Association, its activities and its overall
profile. The response was that they wanted the
Association to enjoy a much higher profile and to
perhaps offer a number of peripheral services to its
members.
The poll within the ALLMI membership suggested a
natural solution; that the Association should build
towards merging ALLMI with ALLMI Training Ltd. This
provides the organisation with synergies, a single
point of contact and the structure to provide any
peripheral services in addition to creating the
opportunity for a stronger presence in the industry.
This merger has now taken place and ALLMI is
currently 13-months into a 24-month program of
implementing some major changes. These include: -
- Replacing the Executive Committee of ALLMI
and the Board of ALLMI Training Ltd with a
Management Board for the newly merged
organisation. All officers have been elected and
include representatives from 3 of the biggest
loader crane Manufacturers.
- Introducing a Buyers' Co-operative to enable
all Members, particularly the smaller ones, to
be able to buy core items such as steel, oil,
hoses, insurance and so on through collective
bargaining.
- Introducing a certificated training scheme
and ultimately a recognised qualification for
people who carry out Examination & Testing of
Lorry Loaders.
- Re-writing and updating the ALLMI Code of
Practice to incorporate all the more recent
product innovations and legislative
requirements.
- Establishing a new division of the
Association specifically for owners of Lorry
Loaders
You can find
there details at
www.lorryloaders.info
or
www.allmi.com
No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article
Article posted (02/06/06) |
Is it a
bird or a plane.? Is it a loader or a crane??
7121 Part 4 was issued in 1997and
there have been a number of changes in the industry since the
standard was written that need to be addressed, but it will be
some time before we [British Standards Committee]
are able to carry out this work.
In the meantime, in my role as the British Standards Committee,
responsible for this standard, I would like to clarify what we
intended when we wrote the definition of lorry loader in clause
3.1 of the standard. We were addressing those machines whose
prime purpose was the transportation of goods, but happened to
be fitted with a crane to facilitate loading and unloading.
Today this means that "the capacity of the
crane should be commensurate with the load carrying capacity of
the vehicle to which it is fitted, while the reach of the crane
should only enable the load to be placed in close proximity of
the vehicle."
This means that the very large cranes that
are being fitted to vehicles, where the
crane takes up the majority of the vehicles load carrying
capacity and has a reach that far exceeds the requirement to
simply unload the vehicle, are outside the scope of Part4. These
therefore have to be looked upon as mobile cranes and subjected
to Part 3 of BS7121 of the standard.
The consequence of this is that the crane operator
cannot take on any other role than driving the crane. The
lifting operations that these larger lorry loaders perform must
be supported by a written plan, be supervised and have
signallers as defined by Part 3 of the standard
No Responsibility accepted for
the accuracy of any articles found on this site. Reproduced
from cranes & access Aug/Sep issue 0 4 |
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LORRY LOADER CRANES: Testing and inspection
With the number of lorry loader cranes operating
in the UK increasing every year, the need for properly tested
and inspected equipment has never been greater - not only for
the safety of crane operators and site workers, but also for the
well being of the nation’s road users.
A crane that has not been properly maintained
poses a risk not only in its place of operation, but also when
travelling between jobs. But a great deal of confusion exists
over the requirements for the testing of loader cranes. The
Construction and Use (Lifting) Regulations 1961 covered this,
but these were repealed in 1998 with the advent of the Lifting
Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER).
LOLER introduced the requirement for an annual
‘Thorough Examination and Inspection’. This made it the
responsibility of a ‘Competent Person’ to determine if, and
when, an overload test should be carried out on the grounds that
“the design of certain lifting equipment is such that damage may
be caused by conventional overload tests”. Loader cranes do not
fall into such a category.
But who is a ‘Competent Person’? A ‘Competent
Person’ is defined in the Approved Code of Practice for LOLER as
having “such appropriate practical and theoretical knowledge and
experience of the lifting equipment to be thoroughly examined as
will enable them to detect defects or weaknesses and to assess
their importance in relation to the safety and continued use of
the lifting equipment”.
“One of the major problems facing the lorry
loader industry today is that the people carrying out annual
inspections are not always ‘competent’, having limited knowledge
and experience of the equipment, and sometimes not even being
aware of the relevant standards,” says Paul Duke, service
manager for TH White Ltd, the Palfinger distributor for England
and Wales.
So what does British Standard 7121, the “Code of
Practice for the Safe Use of Cranes”, have to say on the
subject? BS7121 isa most important source of advice, witnessed
by the fact that it is referred to eight times in the LOLER
Approved Code of Practice and Guidance. Every competent loader
crane examiner should be aware of BS 7121 Part 2: “Inspection,
Testing and Examination” and Part 4: “Lorry Loaders”, and if
they are not, they are not “competent” as defined in the
Regulations.
It is acknowledged that the British Standard 7121
is a recommendation, and not a legal requirement. However, in
the event of a prosecution following an
accident, the competent person would probably be
questioned as to whether the requirements of BS 7121 parts 2 and
4 were applied during the ‘Thorough Examination and Inspection’
and, if not, what alternative standards were applied. The
failure of a competent person to satisfy the court that an
acceptable alternative standard had been used could result in
that person being recorded as “incompetent”. BS7121 Parts 2 and
4 recommend a 25 per cent overload test to be carried out:
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Before first being taken into use.
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Every four years after first being taken into
use.
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Every eight years after first being taken
into use.
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The test should also include a Non
Destructive Test.
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After each major
repair or component change.
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When a change of chassis takes place.
BS 7121 parts 2 and 4 also recommend that a proof
load test, plus 10 per cent, at maximum radius be applied as
part of the annual ‘Thorough Examination and Inspection’. This
is necessary for calibration checks of the Overload Protection
System and the Rated Capacity Indicator to be verified.
ALLMI
totally endorses the recommendations of BS 7121 Parts
2 and 4 (ALLMI was party to the preparation) to be incorporated
in the annual ‘Thorough Examination and Inspection’ as required
by LOLER.
If you
require further clarification on this issue then please call
ALLMI Training Ltd on 01249
No Responsibility accepted for
the accuracy of any articles found on this site. Reproduced
from cranes & access Oct issue 04 |
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A Through Examination
ALLMI
Advice note on
REG & STANDARDS
(80k pdf) |
A
thorough examination on chains and lifting equipment.
In the UK, the
current legal requirements for regular thorough examination of
lifting equipment are spelt out in the Lifting Operations and
Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER). However, despite the fact
that LOLER was introduced in 1998, there is still a degree of
confusion over the meaning and implications of a thorough
examination.
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www.highways.gov.uk
ALLMI
Advice note on
BRIDGE BASHING
(80k pdf) |
BRIDGE BASHING
(July 2004)
A
new guide, produced by Network Rail, the Freight Transport
Association and others, is trying to reverse the trend of bridge
strikes. Included are some striking facts about bridges:
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Most incidents occur
where roads pass under railway bridges
but
they can also happen at bridges carrying footpaths or other
roads.
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The number of
bridge strikes has almost doubled since 1996 to over 2000
a round five a day.
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One of the main causes
of serious damage to bridges is unsecured lifting arms or
other equipment. A heavy or light goods vehicle or
construction plant was involved in 88% of all bridge strikes
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Consequences of strikes
to the railway network range from paint scrapes on the
bridge to the track being moved sideways by the collision,
with the risk of an oncoming train being derailed. Bridge
strikes also cause major disruption and delay to rail users.
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Bridge strikes also
cause substantial costs and disruption to the freight
industry. Drivers have been killed or seriously injured. In
some instances another road user or member of the public
has been fatally injured. All bridge strikes cause damage to
the bridge and the road vehicle.
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Despite
road signs, some bridges
are particularly prone to bridge strikes. Whitehouse Road,
Swindon and Southend Lane (A2218) in Lower Sydenham, London
have the dubious distinction of being the country’s
most-struck bridges
—
127 times since 1996.
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As far as drivers and other
road users are concerned, the riskiest bridges are those
that cross the road at an angle because, if the vehicle s
traveling at speed, the top of the vehicle is deflected
sideways, causing it to overturn.
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Most
strikes (78%) occur between 8am-6pm and almost a
fifth at lunchtime, 12 noon to 2pm.
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Causes of bridge strikes
recorded by Network Rail include:
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Lorry not in the centre of the road at arch bridges
(11%)
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Lifting arm left in raised position (26%)
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Driver
ignorant of vehicle height(32%)
DRIVERS
ARE
ADVISED TO......
Know
your vehicle height and width
Know
your route
Obey
road traffic signs
Don’t
hit and run
Network Rail will seek to
recover costs of each incident, including bridge examinations
and the cost of the repair itself. Other direct costs for which
freight or construction plant transport
operators may be liable include vehicle recovery
damage to the vehicle and
any damage caused to the load and replacement of damaged road
signs.
No Responsibility accepted for
the accuracy of any articles found on this site
Additional note
It should be noted
that BS 7121 Part 4 was published in 1997, shortly before the
Road Vehicles (Construction and Us (Amendment) Regulations 199
(“Bridge Bashing”) came into force on 1 October, 1997. As a
consequence there is no mention in BS 7121 Part 4 of the
requirements to check for conformity with these Bridge Bashing
Regulations during the annual ‘Thorough Examination and
Inspection’.
BS 7121 Part 2 was first
issued in 1991 and revised in 2003. The 2003 edition requires
that the Examiner checks that there is a label in the truck cab,
visibk from the operator’s seat, giving the normal travelling
height of the vehicle. BS 7121 Part 2 also requires a functional
check of th height warning device. This is an example of why BS
7121 Parts 2 and 4 should be used in conjunction with each other
and should not be used as individual “stand alone” standard
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