{"id":8641,"date":"2026-10-13T19:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:14:15","slug":"crane-stability-monitoring-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/crane-stability-monitoring-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o da estabilidade das gruas: Por que raz\u00e3o cargas leves fazem com que as gruas tombem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #336699; background-color: #eeeeee; margin: 0;\"><strong>Declara\u00e7\u00e3o de interesses:<\/strong>\u00a0Este artigo \u00e9 publicado pela SeeZol (szlmi.com), um fabricante de indicadores de momento de carga (LMI), limitadores de carga de seguran\u00e7a e sistemas de pesagem a bordo para m\u00e1quinas de constru\u00e7\u00e3o. Comercializamos o equipamento aqui abordado, pelo que temos um interesse comercial nas conclus\u00f5es. Mantivemos clara a distin\u00e7\u00e3o entre factos e argumentos de venda: descrevemos para que cada dispositivo foi concebido e a forma como funciona, n\u00e3o indicamos valores relativos \u00e0 precis\u00e3o, capacidade ou tempo de resposta de nenhum modelo e \u2014 numa sec\u00e7\u00e3o dedicada \u2014 enumeramos o que estes dispositivos n\u00e3o conseguem fazer. Um dos incidentes descritos contradiz um relato que public\u00e1mos a 10 de outubro de 2026; corrigimos a nossa pr\u00f3pria informa\u00e7\u00e3o abaixo, em vez de a deixar tal como estava.<\/p>\n<h2>Cinco dias, quatro incidentes, um \u00e2ngulo morto<\/h2>\n<p>Por volta das 15h10 do dia 9 de outubro, num estaleiro de constru\u00e7\u00e3o de uma central el\u00e9trica em Bucheon, na prov\u00edncia de Gyeonggi, na Coreia do Sul, um contrapeso que estava a ser i\u00e7ado para o seu lugar numa grua de torre balan\u00e7ou e atingiu os trabalhadores que estavam a instalar os blocos do contrapeso. Um oper\u00e1rio de 58 anos que trabalhava no guindaste de torre foi levado para o hospital em paragem card\u00edaca e veio a falecer; outro oper\u00e1rio, tamb\u00e9m de 58 anos, ficou gravemente ferido. O gabinete de Bucheon do Minist\u00e9rio do Emprego e do Trabalho ordenou a suspens\u00e3o dos trabalhos e est\u00e1 a investigar o caso, nomeadamente para apurar se foram violadas a Lei de Seguran\u00e7a e Sa\u00fade no Trabalho e a Lei de Sancionamento de Acidentes Graves (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.sedaily.com\/society\/2026\/10\/10\/crane-counterweight-kills-one-at-dl-ec-power-plant-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Di\u00e1rio Econ\u00f3mico de Seul<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sbs.co.kr\/english\/article.do?news_id=N1008791198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not\u00edcias da SBS<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A 10 de outubro, em Permatang Tinggi, Bukit Mertajam, no estado de Penang, na Mal\u00e1sia, uma grua estacionada num lar de idosos tombou sobre o telhado de um edif\u00edcio onde residiam os idosos. O Corpo de Bombeiros e Salvamento de Penang afirmou que se acredita que a grua tenha tombado ap\u00f3s perder a estabilidade enquanto estava estacionada num terreno irregular. Um residente de 84 anos sofreu ferimentos na cabe\u00e7a e foi levado para o hospital; os outros 37 residentes e 11 trabalhadores, incluindo o operador do guindaste, sa\u00edram ilesos (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2026\/10\/10\/elderly-man-injured-after-crane-topples-onto-nursing-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Estrela<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevibes.com\/articles\/news\/128198\/resident-injured-after-crane-topples-onto-nursing-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As Vibra\u00e7\u00f5es<\/a>). O relat\u00f3rio do departamento constitui uma avalia\u00e7\u00e3o inicial; ainda n\u00e3o foi confirmada qualquer causa.<\/p>\n<p>O terceiro incidente foi aquele que interpret\u00e1mos parcialmente de forma errada. A 8 de outubro, um cami\u00e3o-grua capotou no distrito de Bao\u2019an, em Shenzhen, enquanto i\u00e7ava uma bandeja de cabos durante trabalhos de instala\u00e7\u00e3o de pain\u00e9is solares num telhado. O nosso artigo de 10 de outubro repetiu a vers\u00e3o do propriet\u00e1rio, divulgada no mesmo dia, de que a carga estava acima do peso permitido. A 10 de outubro, o Southern Metropolis Daily publicou uma nova reportagem no local, citando a administra\u00e7\u00e3o do parque industrial: a sec\u00e7\u00e3o da calha que estava a ser i\u00e7ada pesava menos de 250 kg (500 jin), e o condutor n\u00e3o tinha estendido os estabilizadores do cami\u00e3o-grua nem montado suportes auxiliares antes do i\u00e7amento. Segundo essa vers\u00e3o, um guindaste de 50 toneladas tombou devido a uma carga de um quarto de tonelada (<a href=\"https:\/\/m.163.com\/dy\/article\/L8TI587305129QAF.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Southern Metropolis Daily, via NetEase<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjnews.com.cn\/detail\/1791524235129108.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Beijing News, 8 de outubro, relato do propriet\u00e1rio<\/a>). Os dois relatos s\u00e3o contradit\u00f3rios e nenhum deles constitui uma conclus\u00e3o oficial; apresentamos ambos e n\u00e3o tiramos qualquer conclus\u00e3o para al\u00e9m do que cada fonte afirma.<\/p>\n<p>Entre 8 e 9 de outubro, as autoridades chinesas de fiscaliza\u00e7\u00e3o do mercado continuaram a aplicar a legisla\u00e7\u00e3o ap\u00f3s o feriado. O distrito de Xindu, em Chengdu, publicou a 85.\u00aa edi\u00e7\u00e3o da sua s\u00e9rie sobre riscos: foi detetada numa f\u00e1brica de equipamento ferrovi\u00e1rio a aus\u00eancia ou avaria do sistema de paragem de emerg\u00eancia e a aus\u00eancia ou avaria do limitador de capacidade nominal \u2014 ambos classificados como riscos de acidente grave \u2014, tendo sido ordenada a suspens\u00e3o da utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o do guindaste, a sua repara\u00e7\u00e3o e a realiza\u00e7\u00e3o de novos testes (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.163.com\/dy\/article\/L8QQE6C005149PS1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Servi\u00e7o de Supervis\u00e3o do Mercado do Distrito de Xindu, via NetEase<\/a>). O instituto de inspe\u00e7\u00e3o de equipamento especial de Guangdong deslocou-se a Guizhou para voltar a verificar os limitadores de momento e os limitadores de carga dos guindastes de torre num projeto rodovi\u00e1rio (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqn.com.cn\/zj\/content\/2026-10\/08\/content_9174951.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not\u00edcias sobre a Qualidade na China<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_8643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8643\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-overturned-crane.webp\" alt=\"Overturned mobile crane after a stability failure, illustrative photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-overturned-crane.webp 640w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-overturned-crane-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-overturned-crane-16x12.webp 16w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-overturned-crane-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-overturned-crane-64x48.webp 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Um guindaste m\u00f3vel capotado. Fotografia meramente ilustrativa \u2014 n\u00e3o se trata de um dos incidentes descritos acima. Foto: Patrick Mackie \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>Quatro incidentes, tr\u00eas pa\u00edses, cinco dias. Um contrapeso que estava a ser instalado, em vez de uma carga a ser i\u00e7ada; uma m\u00e1quina que tombou enquanto estava estacionada; uma m\u00e1quina que tombou com quase nada no gancho; e um regulador que considerou um limitador avariado como um risco grave. O que os liga n\u00e3o \u00e9 o peso da carga. \u00c9 o estado da m\u00e1quina: sobre o que assentava, o que estava acoplado a ela e se algu\u00e9m \u2014 ou algum dispositivo \u2014 estava a monitorizar esse estado.<\/p>\n<h2>O que o sistema de monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o da estabilidade das gruas realmente controla<\/h2>\n<p>O limite de um guindaste \u00e9 um limite de momento, n\u00e3o um limite de peso. O momento de capotamento na base \u00e9 produzido pela carga multiplicada pelo seu raio \u2014 e \u00e9 contrariado pelo pr\u00f3prio peso da m\u00e1quina, pelo seu contrapeso e pelo apoio proporcionado pelo solo e pelos estabilizadores. Altere qualquer um desses fatores e a mesma carga passa de segura para insegura, sem que a pr\u00f3pria carga se altere de forma alguma. \u00c9 por isso que a monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o da estabilidade de um guindaste \u00e9 uma tarefa mais abrangente do que a indica\u00e7\u00e3o da carga: o sistema tem de conhecer a carga, mas tamb\u00e9m tem de conhecer a configura\u00e7\u00e3o contra a qual a carga est\u00e1 a atuar.<\/p>\n<p>Na pr\u00e1tica, isso significa quatro categorias de dados de entrada:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A carga.<\/strong>\u00a0Medida na corda, numa roldana ou atrav\u00e9s de transdutores de press\u00e3o nos cilindros do guincho. Esta \u00e9 a informa\u00e7\u00e3o que a maioria dos sistemas acerta e a \u00fanica de que o incidente de Shenzhen n\u00e3o precisava \u2014 a carga era leve (ver\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/selection-of-weight-sensor-in-crane-torque-limiter\/\">Como escolher um sensor de peso para um limitador de guindaste<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>A geometria.<\/strong>\u00a0O \u00e2ngulo da lan\u00e7a, o comprimento ou raio da lan\u00e7a e \u2014 no caso de m\u00e1quinas com estabilizadores \u2014 se essas vigas est\u00e3o efetivamente estendidas e posicionadas. A OSHA considera o sensor de posi\u00e7\u00e3o dos estabilizadores como um aux\u00edlio operacional listado por direito pr\u00f3prio, um ponto ao qual a sec\u00e7\u00e3o sobre normas abaixo volta a referir-se.<\/li>\n<li><strong>O lastro e a carta n\u00e1utica.<\/strong>\u00a0A tabela de capacidade nominal no controlador deve corresponder ao contrapeso e \u00e0 configura\u00e7\u00e3o do sistema de suspens\u00e3o efetivamente instalados. Uma tabela selecionada para o contrapeso completo corresponde a uma m\u00e1quina diferente e com capacidade superior \u00e0 que se encontra no local.<\/li>\n<li><strong>O ch\u00e3o.<\/strong>\u00a0Firmeza, nivelamento e capacidade de suporte sob as placas de apoio, as lagartas ou os pneus. A OSHA define as \u00abcondi\u00e7\u00f5es do solo\u00bb e pro\u00edbe a montagem ou a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o, a menos que estas sejam adequadas; alguns guindastes sobre lagartas modernos calculam e apresentam agora a press\u00e3o no solo em tempo real, comparando-a com um limite definido pelo operador para o local de trabalho.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_5499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5499\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u91cd\u91cf\u4f20\u611f\u5668.jpg\" alt=\"Load cell sensor used in crane load moment indicator and weighing systems\" width=\"500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uma c\u00e9lula de carga do tipo utilizado no cabo ou na roldana nos sistemas de pesagem LMI e a bordo. Responde \u00e0 pergunta \u00abquanto\u00bb \u2014 e n\u00e3o \u00abem que suporte\u00bb. Foto do produto: SeeZol \/ szlmi.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/product\/mobile-crane-lmi\/\">p\u00e1gina do produto<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_5497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5497\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u957f\u89d2\u5ea6\u4f20\u611f\u5668-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Angle and length sensor feeding machine configuration into a crane monitoring system\" width=\"500\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Um sensor de comprimento e \u00e2ngulo do tipo utilizado para introduzir os dados relativos \u00e0 lan\u00e7a e \u00e0 geometria da m\u00e1quina no c\u00e1lculo. S\u00e3o esses dados geom\u00e9tricos que permitem ao sistema distinguir uma eleva\u00e7\u00e3o segura de uma perigosa, com a mesma carga. Foto do produto: SeeZol \/ szlmi.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/product\/mobile-crane-lmi\/\">p\u00e1gina do produto<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>O contrapeso \u00e9 a mesma hist\u00f3ria vista do outro lado. O lastro do contra-bra\u00e7o de uma grua de torre equilibra o momento de carga; i\u00e7ar um bloco de contrapeso para o seu lugar, como no acidente de Bucheon, significa suspender toneladas de lastro na pr\u00f3pria m\u00e1quina cujo equil\u00edbrio ainda n\u00e3o est\u00e1 completo. A eleva\u00e7\u00e3o e instala\u00e7\u00e3o de lastro \u00e9 uma opera\u00e7\u00e3o de alto risco comprovada, precisamente porque a m\u00e1quina se encontra temporariamente fora da configura\u00e7\u00e3o prevista no seu pr\u00f3prio gr\u00e1fico.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8644\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8644 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-tc-counterjib.webp\" alt=\"Tower crane counter-jib with counterweight blocks, configuration the load chart assumes\" width=\"600\" height=\"851\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O contra-bra\u00e7o e os contrapesos de um guindaste de torre: o lastro previsto na tabela de cargas e o componente cuja instala\u00e7\u00e3o esteve envolvida no acidente fatal ocorrido em Bucheon, a 9 de outubro. Foto: Dmitry Ivanov \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>O que as normas exigem em 2026<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Estados Unidos.<\/strong>\u00a0A Subparte CC da OSHA \u00e9 invulgarmente expl\u00edcita quanto ao pr\u00f3prio estado da m\u00e1quina. As condi\u00e7\u00f5es do solo s\u00e3o definidas como \u00aba capacidade do solo para suportar o equipamento (incluindo inclina\u00e7\u00e3o, compacta\u00e7\u00e3o e firmeza)\u00bb, e o equipamento \u00abn\u00e3o deve ser montado nem utilizado, a menos que as condi\u00e7\u00f5es do solo sejam firmes, bem drenadas e niveladas de forma suficiente\u00bb para cumprir as especifica\u00e7\u00f5es do fabricante em mat\u00e9ria de suporte e nivelamento (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/regulations\/standardnumber\/1926\/1926.1402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">29 CFR 1926.1402(a)(1), (b)<\/a>). No que diz respeito ao hardware, os equipamentos com estabilizadores laterais ou estabilizadores fabricados ap\u00f3s 8 de novembro de 2011 devem dispor de um \u00absensor\/monitor da posi\u00e7\u00e3o dos estabilizadores laterais\/estabilizadores (extens\u00e3o da viga horizontal)\u00bb; se esse dispositivo estiver defeituoso, a medida alternativa tempor\u00e1ria consiste em \u00abo operador ter de verificar se a posi\u00e7\u00e3o dos estabilizadores est\u00e1 correta\u2026 antes de iniciar opera\u00e7\u00f5es que exijam a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o dos estabilizadores\u00bb (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/regulations\/standardnumber\/1926\/1926.1416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">29 CFR 1926.1416(e)(5)(i)<\/a>). Sendo um servi\u00e7o de assist\u00eancia operacional de Categoria II, prev\u00ea um prazo de repara\u00e7\u00e3o de 30 dias civis, com exce\u00e7\u00e3o dos casos em que se comprove que as pe\u00e7as foram encomendadas no prazo de 7 dias.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uni\u00e3o Europeia.<\/strong>\u00a0O Regulamento relativo \u00e0s m\u00e1quinas (UE) 2023\/1230 entra em vigor a 20 de janeiro de 2027 e substitui a Diretiva 2006\/42\/CE, sem qualquer per\u00edodo de transi\u00e7\u00e3o entre ambos. O software com uma fun\u00e7\u00e3o de seguran\u00e7a \u00e9 considerado um componente de seguran\u00e7a, e o Anexo III exige prote\u00e7\u00e3o contra a corrup\u00e7\u00e3o do software e dos dados que garantem a seguran\u00e7a de uma m\u00e1quina. No caso de um dispositivo de monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o cuja l\u00f3gica de configura\u00e7\u00e3o esteja incorporada no firmware, o regulamento aponta exatamente na dire\u00e7\u00e3o defendida por estes incidentes: o estado de configura\u00e7\u00e3o da m\u00e1quina deve fazer parte da fun\u00e7\u00e3o de seguran\u00e7a e n\u00e3o deve ser edit\u00e1vel de forma silenciosa (<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/eli\/reg\/2023\/1230\/oj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Regulamento (UE) n.\u00ba 2023\/1230<\/a>; consulte o nosso\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/eu-crane-safety-compliance-tightens-in-2026-intelligent-monitoring-becomes-mandatory-not-optional\/\">Contagem regressiva para a conformidade com a UE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>China.<\/strong>\u00a0A norma nacional obrigat\u00f3ria GB 45067-2024, relativa \u00e0 avalia\u00e7\u00e3o dos riscos de acidentes graves em equipamentos especiais, est\u00e1 em vigor desde 1 de dezembro de 2024 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samr.gov.cn\/xw\/zj\/art\/2024\/art_21ff35832b9d4bee8a2d2836f360a7ff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comunicado da SAMR<\/a>). No que diz respeito \u00e0s m\u00e1quinas de eleva\u00e7\u00e3o, a aus\u00eancia ou a avaria de um limitador de capacidade nominal ou de um limitador de momento de carga constitui um risco grave de acidente, e as notifica\u00e7\u00f5es de execu\u00e7\u00e3o a n\u00edvel distrital t\u00eam vindo a reiterar precisamente esse ponto ao longo deste m\u00eas, ordenando a suspens\u00e3o da utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o e a corre\u00e7\u00e3o (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.163.com\/dy\/article\/L8QQE6C005149PS1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aviso de exposi\u00e7\u00e3o do distrito de Xindu<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqn.com.cn\/zj\/content\/2026-10\/08\/content_9174951.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">verifica\u00e7\u00e3o interprovincial dos limitadores de momento e de carga<\/a>). For how the devices themselves must be installed and verified, see our note on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/technical-specifications-for-installation-of-crane-lmi-key-points-based-on-gb-t-12602-2022\/\">LMI installation per GB\/T 12602-2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Compet\u00eancia<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Instrumento<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">What it requires about the machine\u2019s own state<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Estados Unidos<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC (1926.1402; 1926.1416)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ground must meet manufacturer support and level specs; outrigger\/stabilizer position sensor required on post-2011 machines; 30-day repair window for Category II aids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Uni\u00e3o Europeia<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Regulamento (UE) n.\u00ba 2023\/1230 relativo \u00e0s m\u00e1quinas<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">From 20 January 2027: safety software is a safety component; protection against corruption of safety data and set-up configuration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">China<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">GB 45067-2024 + enforcement notices<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Missing or failed rated-capacity \/ moment limiter = major accident hazard: stop use, rectify, re-inspect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For a side-by-side reading of how the three frameworks treat load-moment devices generally, see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/global-crane-safety-standards-2026-a-comparative-analysis-of-eu-us-china-key-international-markets-lmi-regulations\/\">global crane safety standards comparison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The direction of travel is also visible in OEM product design. Liebherr\u2019s LR 1300.1 SX crawler crane, for example, pairs boom- and jib-mounted wind sensors with a Ground Pressure Visualization function that calculates the machine\u2019s live ground pressure and compares it against a site-specific limit, and drives with load on the hook only in a \u201cSafe Mode\u201d with the load moment limiter active (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebherr.com\/en-ca\/p\/lr1300-9508003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liebherr product documentation<\/a>). We cite this as a technical reference, not as news: it shows where the category is heading \u2014 from measuring the load to monitoring the machine.<\/p>\n<h2>Four field faults that make a stable machine tip<\/h2>\n<p>Most stability failures we hear about are not sensor failures. They are configuration failures: the device is working, but it is working on an assumption nobody verified. The four patterns below cover most of the \u201cthe display said we were fine\u201d calls.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Sintoma<\/th>\n<th>What is actually wrong<\/th>\n<th>Primeira verifica\u00e7\u00e3o<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Reading fine at a light load \u2014 machine tips anyway (the Shenzhen pattern)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Outriggers or stabilizers not extended or not set; the controller is computing against a configuration that does not exist on the ground<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Walk the machine: beams extended, pads on prepared bearing, machine levelled \u2014 before trusting any readout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Capacity shown does not match the chart book<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Wrong load chart or configuration file selected; counterweight or parts-of-line entered does not match what is fitted<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Confirm the chart file, the counterweight and the rigging configuration against the machine as it stands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Alarm at loads the chart allows, or silence where it should alarm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Calibration drift or a failed geometry input: the load input may be right while angle or length is not<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Re-measure radius at two known points and compare against the display (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/why-is-my-load-moment-indicator-reading-inaccurately-5-common-calibration-pitfalls\/\">five calibration pitfalls<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Device bypassed, defeated or \u201ctemporarily disabled\u201d<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Deliberate defeat \u2014 the most dangerous fault on this list, and the one regulators now treat as a major hazard<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Treat the machine as out of service; a defective aid needs the defined alternative measures and repair, not a switch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For deeper fault-finding on the indicator itself, see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/common-fault-handling-and-prevention-of-the-crane-load-moment-indicator\/\">LMI fault handling and prevention guide<\/a>, and for articulated-boom machines a dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/troubleshooting-guide-for-articulated-boom-crane-lmi\/\">troubleshooting guide for knuckle-boom LMI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>A buyer\u2019s checklist for stability-aware monitoring<\/h2>\n<p>If the machine\u2019s state is half the risk, procurement should test for it as deliberately as it tests the load input. Seven questions, in the order we would ask them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Does it sense outrigger or stabilizer position?<\/strong>\u00a0On machines with outriggers this is the single highest-value input after the load itself, and on US-market machines built after November 2011 it is a listed requirement, not an option.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is the load chart matched to the actual configuration?<\/strong>\u00a0Ask who builds the chart file, how counterweight and parts-of-line variants are handled, and how the file is verified after a configuration change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Does a failed input fail safe and visibly?<\/strong>\u00a0A missing outrigger signal must never default to \u201cassume fully extended\u201d. Ask the vendor what the system does when an input drops out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Does it record what it saw?<\/strong>\u00a0Configuration changes, overload events and alarm history are what an investigator \u2014 or an insurer \u2014 will ask for. Without records, the device cannot testify for you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the alarm and cut-off logic?<\/strong>\u00a0Warn, restrict, cut: the sequence and the thresholds must be documented, and the cut path tested on the ground before hand-over.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who calibrates it, and against what?<\/strong>\u00a0Calibration covers geometry as much as load; a display that is accurate in the shop can still lie about a machine that is set up wrong (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/how-to-ensure-that-the-crane-lmi-complies-with-relevant-implementation-standards\/\">how to verify LMI compliance with applicable standards<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Does it suit the machine class?<\/strong>\u00a0Input packages differ across truck cranes, crawlers, tower cranes and material handlers; a crawler buyer should be asking about ground-pressure and inclination inputs rather than outrigger beams (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/how-to-choose-a-load-moment-indicator-for-your-machine\/\">Como escolher um LMI para a sua m\u00e1quina<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_5528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5528\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5528 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u5c65\u5e26\u540a1.jpg\" alt=\"Crane stability monitoring readout on a crawler crane load moment indicator terminal\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u5c65\u5e26\u540a1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u5c65\u5e26\u540a1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u5c65\u5e26\u540a1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u5c65\u5e26\u540a1-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u5c65\u5e26\u540a1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/szlmi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u5c65\u5e26\u540a1-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A load moment indicator terminal on a crawler crane: load, moment, radius, angle and height are read together, because the limit is a combination of all of them. Product photo: SeeZol \/ szlmi.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/product\/crane-safe-load-limiter\/\">p\u00e1gina do produto<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>Two of this week\u2019s incidents also land close to machines and markets we serve: our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/the-seezol-30-ton-customized-weighing-system-for-forklifts-has-been-successfully-commissioned-in-malaysia\/\">30-tonne weighing system commissioned in Malaysia<\/a>\u00a0and our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/seezol-excavator-lmi-successfully-enter-petronas\/\">excavator LMI work with Petronas<\/a>\u00a0are both in the region where the Penang tip-over happened. Buyers there, as everywhere, tend to ask about load accuracy first; the events above argue for asking about configuration sensing just as early. For an overview of what we manufacture, see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/construction-machinery-safety-solutions\/\">safety solutions<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/construction-machinery-weighing-and-measurement-solutions\/\">solu\u00e7\u00f5es de pesagem e medi\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What these systems cannot do<\/h2>\n<p>A monitoring device is a measuring and warning layer, not a substitute for ground preparation, lift planning or supervision. Stating the limits plainly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It does not prepare the ground.<\/strong>\u00a0No sensor firms up soft soil, levels a slope or lays mats. OSHA places that duty on the controlling entity and the operator\u2019s employer, and no retrofit device removes it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It does not verify its own configuration.<\/strong>\u00a0If the chart file, counterweight entry or outrigger setting entered into the system is wrong, the device will faithfully compute against the wrong assumption. Detection is not validation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It does not replace the pre-lift walk-around.<\/strong>\u00a0The regulatory fallback for a defective outrigger sensor is a human checking beam position \u2014 that fallback exists because a sensor can fail exactly when it is most needed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It cannot see every hazard.<\/strong>\u00a0Swing path, personnel below the load, wind at boom-tip height, buried voids under a pad: several of the risks in this week\u2019s incidents sit outside any load-moment calculation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It does not make a machine legal.<\/strong>\u00a0Compliance also requires correct chart documentation, operator competency, inspection records and, in some markets, type-test certificates. A device is one document in a thicker file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sources and further reading<\/h2>\n<p>Primary and press sources used above:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.sedaily.com\/society\/2026\/10\/10\/crane-counterweight-kills-one-at-dl-ec-power-plant-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Di\u00e1rio Econ\u00f3mico de Seul<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sbs.co.kr\/english\/article.do?news_id=N1008791198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not\u00edcias da SBS<\/a>\u00a0on the Bucheon counterweight accident;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2026\/10\/10\/elderly-man-injured-after-crane-topples-onto-nursing-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Estrela<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevibes.com\/articles\/news\/128198\/resident-injured-after-crane-topples-onto-nursing-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As Vibra\u00e7\u00f5es<\/a>\u00a0on the Penang tip-over;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/m.163.com\/dy\/article\/L8TI587305129QAF.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Southern Metropolis Daily<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjnews.com.cn\/detail\/1791524235129108.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">O Beijing News<\/a>\u00a0on the Shenzhen overturn;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.163.com\/dy\/article\/L8QQE6C005149PS1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xindu district market supervision<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqn.com.cn\/zj\/content\/2026-10\/08\/content_9174951.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not\u00edcias sobre a Qualidade na China<\/a>\u00a0on Chinese enforcement;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/regulations\/standardnumber\/1926\/1926.1402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">29 CFR 1926.1402<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/regulations\/standardnumber\/1926\/1926.1416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">29 CFR 1926.1416<\/a>\u00a0as the cited US rule text;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/eli\/reg\/2023\/1230\/oj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Regulamento (UE) n.\u00ba 2023\/1230<\/a>; the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samr.gov.cn\/xw\/zj\/art\/2024\/art_21ff35832b9d4bee8a2d2836f360a7ff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SAMR notice on GB 45067-2024<\/a>; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebherr.com\/en-ca\/p\/lr1300-9508003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liebherr\u2019s LR 1300.1 SX documentation<\/a>\u00a0as a technology reference. For background on the machine-configuration theme in a prosecution context, Australia\u2019s Comcare charged the Department of Defence in late September over a 2024 crane tip at HMAS Stirling in which outriggers were retracted, the boom extended and the counterweight too heavy for the set-up (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comcare.gov.au\/about\/news-events\/news\/defence-charged-over-naval-base-crane-incident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comcare statement<\/a>); that matter is before the Perth Magistrates Court on 27 November 2026 and is reported here as an allegation only.<\/p>\n<p>Related reading on this site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/crane-overload-protection-buyers-guide-october-2026\/\">crane overload protection: lessons from October 2026<\/a>\u00a0(the article whose Shenzhen account this piece corrects),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/load-moment-indicator-crane-failure-lessons-fort-lauderdale\/\">lessons from the Fort Lauderdale crane failure<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/load-moment-indicators-vs-load-limiters\/\">Indicadores de momento de carga vs. limitadores de carga<\/a>, and our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/purchase-guide-for-load-moment-indicator-and-weighing-system\/\">purchase guide for LMIs and weighing systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #336699; background-color: #eeeeee; margin: 0;\">Fact-checking note: the Bucheon, Penang and Shenzhen accounts are based on official statements and press reporting available as of 12 October 2026; none of the three incidents has a published final cause. Where two sources contradict (Shenzhen), both accounts are given with their attribution. No accuracy, capacity or response-time figures for any device are quoted in this article.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Em cinco dias, em tr\u00eas pa\u00edses, quatro acidentes com gruas apontaram para o mesmo ponto cego: o pr\u00f3prio estado da m\u00e1quina. Um contrapeso que estava a ser instalado numa grua de torre em Bucheon, na Coreia do Sul, balan\u00e7ou e matou um trabalhador; uma grua estacionada em terreno irregular em Penang, na Mal\u00e1sia, tombou sobre um lar de idosos e feriu um residente de 84 anos; em Shenzhen, um respons\u00e1vel pela obra afirmou que um cami\u00e3o-grua de 50 toneladas foi derrubado por uma bandeja de cabos com menos de 250 kg porque os estabilizadores nunca tinham sido estendidos \u2014 contrariando a vers\u00e3o anterior do propriet\u00e1rio, que apontava para \u00abexcesso de peso\u00bb, a qual o nosso pr\u00f3prio artigo de 10 de outubro tinha repetido e que aqui corrigimos; e as entidades reguladoras chinesas continuaram a listar limitadores de capacidade nominal e de momento inoperantes como principais riscos de acidente. Este artigo transforma esse conjunto de informa\u00e7\u00f5es num guia pr\u00e1tico: o que o monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o da estabilidade do guindaste realmente verifica, o que as normas OSHA 1926.1402 e 1926.1416(e)(5)(i), o Regulamento da UE n.\u00ba 2023\/1230 e a norma chinesa GB 45067-2024 exigem, quatro falhas no terreno que fazem com que uma m\u00e1quina est\u00e1vel tombe, uma lista de verifica\u00e7\u00e3o de sete pontos para o comprador e o que estes dispositivos n\u00e3o conseguem fazer.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[192,279,278],"class_list":["post-8641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-load-moment-indicator","tag-crane-load-moment-indicator","tag-crane-safety-monitoring","tag-crane-stability-monitoring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8647,"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641\/revisions\/8647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szlmi.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}