Posted By MICHAEL T Is the failure of a 4 leg chain, during a crane lift, reportable under RIDDOR I have always thought that this comes under the "any load bearing part of" heading.

Posted By MICHAEL T Thanks Ian It's as I thought, however there's a complication developing. The chain leg which broke did not cause the load to drop (as they had other legs attached). The arguement now is that it was not load-bearing. Mike

Posted By Ken Dickson Michael, Technically, the lifting tackle is not a load bearing part of the crane. I defence of this I offer the following… 1. The word “crane” is not defined in the regulations, therefore a dictionary definition would need to be used. No dictionary definition is going to include attachments used as an interface between the crane and the load in the definition of crane. 2. You could just as easily content the lifting gear is part of the load as the weight of the lifting gear will be included as part of the load being lifted by the crane. 3. If the lifting gear were a load bearing part of the crane it would need to be inspected with the crane and referenced on the inspection report as an attachment for the crane. That said… it would be brave and foolish individual who did not report the failure under RIDDOR. Ken

Posted By Delwynne I was interested to see I McDonalds response as I have been given precisely the opposite advice in the past! I was told that the wording " collapse, overturning or failure of load-bearing parts of lifts and lifting equipment" referred to "equipment" quite specifically the chains were "accessories" under LOLER and so therefore not reportable - interesting how interpretation varies from person to person. Perhaps you'd be best off approaching the HSE & asking them if they want it reporting or not?