The mobile crane industry has initiated a voluntary crane assessment program throughout Australia. Developed in consultation with the mobile crane industry as a whole, the program aims to augment existing safety standards with annual assessments of mobile cranes now being made by CraneSafe. 

The program will provide crane owners with a common industry wide system for assessment of their cranes. The CraneSafe Assessment Program is voluntary and while it does not form part of any legislative or regulatory scheme, crane owners and users have a duty of care obligation under State OH&S Regulations and the Mobile Crane Code of Practice 2006 to ensure that their mobile cranes are in a safe condition.

The program provides crane owners and operators with a process for third party assessment of the safety aspects of their cranes. This assessment can be done in conjunction with, and form part of, the requirement of Australian Standards to have a 12 month periodic inspection. The program provides one method by which crane operators, owners, manufacturers, suppliers, designers or importers may fulfil their relevant duty of care obligations under the State OH&S Acts.

OSM has an approved CraneSafe Assessor to assist your company in the requirements listed above.