Working at Height: Cherry Picker Struck by Overhead Crane
20 January 2011
The Construction Enquirer has re-highlighted the need for Duty holders to ensure all work at height is properly planned and a proper risk assessment has taken place.
A very serious accident recently occured when a crane hit a cherry picker and the basket was knocked to the ground leaving Alexander Struthers, a steel erector, with multiple broken bones.
Following the case being heard at Lanark Sheriff Court, Health and Safety Executive Inspector Eve Macready said: "This completely avoidable incident has had an enormous impact on Mr Struthers' life.
"Duty holders have an obligation to ensure all work at height is properly planned and a proper risk assessment has taken place."
For more on this see Steel erector knocked from cherry picker by crane