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    The document is a communique from WorkSafe Victoria correcting an incorrect formula for calculating the required size of crane outrigger bases that was published in an earlier safety guide. The previous formula did not account for the total weight of the crane. The correct formula divides the sum of the crane mass and load by the maximum permissible soil bearing pressure to determine the required base area in square meters. Taking the square root of the area gives the length of a square outrigger base.

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    The document is a communique from WorkSafe Victoria correcting an incorrect formula for calculating the required size of crane outrigger bases that was published in an earlier safety guide. The previous formula did not account for the total weight of the crane. The correct formula divides the sum of the crane mass and load by the maximum permissible soil bearing pressure to determine the required base area in square meters. Taking the square root of the area gives the length of a square outrigger base.

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    The document is a communique from WorkSafe Victoria correcting an incorrect formula for calculating the required size of crane outrigger bases that was published in an earlier safety guide. The previous formula did not account for the total weight of the crane. The correct formula divides the sum of the crane mass and load by the maximum permissible soil bearing pressure to determine the required base area in square meters. Taking the square root of the area gives the length of a square outrigger base.

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    The document is a communique from WorkSafe Victoria correcting an incorrect formula for calculating the required size of crane outrigger bases that was published in an earlier safety guide. The previous formula did not account for the total weight of the crane. The correct formula divides the sum of the crane mass and load by the maximum permissible soil bearing pressure to determine the required base area in square meters. Taking the square root of the area gives the length of a square outrigger base.

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    Communiqué to the construction industry

    Sizes of Mobile Plant Outrigger Bases


    Correction to Formula

    20 April 2006

    The correct use of outriggers is essential for the safe operation of mobile plant
    including cranes and concrete boom pumps. To ensure crane stability outriggers
    must be founded on suitable timber, or equivalent, packers which distribute the
    maximum applied loads to the soil.

    Information previously published in "A Guide to Rigging", a combined WorkSafe


    Victoria and WorkCover NSW publication, contains advice on the design and
    installation of crane outrigger bases. A formula on Page 103 of the Guide that
    calculates the required base sizes is incorrect.

    The published formula is dependant on the maximum permissible bearing pressure


    of the soil and the loads being supported, but does not take into account the total
    weight of the crane.

    The correct formula is:

    Area (m2) = 0.65 x (CM + L)


    V

    CM = Total mass of crane (KN)


    L = Total mass of load (KN)
    V = Maximum permissible bearing pressure of soil. (kPa)

    To find the length of a square outrigger base, find the square root of the
    area (√Area).

    GEOFF THOMAS
    Construction & Utilities Director
    WorkSafe Victoria

    WorkSafe Communiqué: Sizes of Outrigger bases 20 April 2006 Page 1 of 1

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