Posted By Wayne Pitt Looking for any ideas to eliminate / reduce falling objects eg: nuts, bolts etc when climbing or demobilising tower cranes. Currently we use lanyards on tools etc, & everything else is "controlled" by the exclusion zone setup. I am just looking for ideas I may be able to use to control the objects at source ( before they get out of the tower section & away ). I have be given the following as some ideas : catch nets, wire ties on the bolts & possibly the nuts, magnetic device to maintain a grip on the object etc. I would very much appreciate any fresh ides or perhaps photos of items that the forum may have found successful over the years. I am in high rise construction but am fairly sure that similar hazards would exist in oil rigs etc. Cheers, Wayne

Posted By Wayne Pitt Thanks for the info on the drops website, I have seen this one before & got some useful info from it. I would still be interested in seeing what measures other construction or crane companies have in place to reduce or hopefully prevent falling nuts / bolts etc when climbing tower cranes. Where I am based, in Australia, everyone seems to just rely on the "skill" of the riggers doing the job or the good old exclusion zone method.. I was hoping that there would be someone that has been down this route before & got a better system going...matbe some engineering controls ???? Any ideas would be gratefully received. Cheers from sunny Queensland, Australia - current temperature 28 degrees C.... just bragging a little...