Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Canada safety agency issues warning about possible defect in Chinese-made crane
Canada's Transportation Safety Board took a rare step and issued a warning about a possible defect in a widely used Chinese-made cargo crane after a worker was injured in Quebec.
Tests are still being done, but the federal watchdog issued the warning because it believes many similar cranes are in use. The TSB is not aware of any other incidents and does not know exactly which cranes could be vulnerable.
"We felt that we had to send this information as widely as we could and as fast as we could," TSB investigator François Dumont told Reuters.
In August, a crane on a bulk carrier in Bécancour, Quebec collapsed after a slewing ring bearing fractured. Its cab was partly crushed and the operator injured.
China's Wuhan Marine Machinery Plant, a subsidiary of state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, manufactured the crane for Japan's Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, now IHI Corp.
For more of the Reuters Canada story: ca.reuters.com
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