Rescue guide to clarify rules

摘要

Revised guidelines on rescuing personnel from tower cranes will be published by the Construction Plant-hire Association to clarify the obligations on contractors and plant-hire companies. The guidelines cover the rescue of operators, maintenance crew, inspectors and other authorised personnel, but not trespassers. Drawn up by the CPA's Tower Crane Interest Group, the revised guidelines state that the local fire and rescue service should always be consulted when drawing up rescue plans. This comes after the services pointed out that such incidents are occurring more frequently and many regions have crews trained to deal with them.