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February 8, 2016

Significant Incident Report 237 – Failure of Crane Head Sleeve

In July 2014 a mobile crane at a mine site was being used to unload a truck. After a daily pre-start inspection the crane took the weight and lifted the load. As the crane started to slew, the nylon head sleeve (rooster sheave) weighing about 2kg , catastrophically failed. (Source: Government of WA – Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources Safety).
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