BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022

What is BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022 - Safe use of cranes about?

This is a sub-part of the second British Standard in a four-part series that gives guidance on the safe use of cranes. BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022 covers overhead travelling cranes and includes a second amendment that was made to resolve a conflict between it and two revised European standards.

Who is BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022 - Safe use of cranes for?

Those responsible for managing the maintenance, inspection and thorough examination of cranes in plant and equipment hire, plant and equipment maintenance, and insurance, typically:

• Health and safety advisors and specialists
• Crane maintenance and inspection specialists
• Professional bodies for construction management
• Specialist consulting engineers
• Construction companies
• Consultancy practices
• Training organizations and providers
• Plant hire companies
• Trade bodies
• Insurers

What does BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022 - Safe use of cranes cover?

It gives recommendations for the pre-use checks, in-service inspection, maintenance, thorough examination (in service and following exceptional circumstances) and supplementary testing of overhead travelling cranes, including portal and semi-portal cranes, hoists, and their supporting structures.

NOTE: This sub-part of BS 7121-2 does not cover the testing and certification of overhead travelling cranes immediately following installation. This is covered by BS EN 15011:2020. Nor does it apply to permanently installed cranes on marine and other water-borne vessels.

Why should you use BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022 - Safe use of cranes?

• It supplies in depth guidance that helps users comply with their legal duties under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, when inspecting, maintaining or examining cranes
• It helps improve safety and reduce the risk of serious injuries and fatalities both during the inspection and examination phase and when cranes are being used
• Its use demonstrates good practice in a way that’s accepted by the courts and the HSE
• It helps organizations to be confident about the use of overhead travelling cranes
• It helps control the risks of using overhead travelling cranes

BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022 contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all and Goal 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure.

What’s new about BS 7121-2-7:2012+A2:2022 - Safe use of cranes?

This is an amendment of BS 7121-2-7:2012+A1:2015 that resolves the conflicts in testing requirements between those covered in the BS EN 15011:2020 and BS EN 16851:2017+A1:2020 product codes, and UK industry practice to take account of modern limit state design.