The most faults were found in lattice boom truck cranes (average of 2.84 faults per crane), and the least were in crawler cranes. All terrain cranes and articulated (loader) cranes were found to have the youngest average age, less than six years. Lattice-boom crawler cranes and rough terrain cranes averaged about 12 years old, lattice-boom truck cranes more than double that, and telescopic crawlers averaged about eight years old.
CraneSafe is a voluntary crane inspection system across Australia.
