The emergency section is the one most often missing, because it deals with
something nobody expects to happen.
What the plan should settle
- What we do with a load that is suspended and cannot be set down as planned
- What we do on power failure or technical fault mid-lift
- Who raises the alarm, how, and who meets the emergency services
- Where the access for emergency vehicles is, and whether it is clear
- Who has first aid competence on site right now
Getting the operator down
This is the part rarely rehearsed. An operator who falls ill or is injured in
the cab cannot get down unaided, and a standard rescue set-up does not
necessarily reach. The plan should say how it will be done, with what equipment
and by whom — and it should be practised, not merely written.
See the article Getting the operator down and
links for rescue equipment suppliers and training in
self-rescue from a tower crane.
Afterwards
Incidents and near misses get reported. A near miss is information you got for
free — see the article Near misses are free lessons.
The plan is the employer's. Under § 18-6 lifting operations must be planned and carried out properly, with the necessary organisation and competence, and that duty sits with the employer. These pages explain how a plan is built and what each element means — they are not a plan, and nothing here substitutes for an assessment made by someone competent for the specific lift. Where a figure is needed — capacity, distance, bearing pressure, wind limit — it comes from the crane's documentation, the equipment certificate or the relevant specialist, never from this site.