Breaking News! Crane Wire Rope broken, Worker Fatally Struck Onsite!

2025-07-25

On July 13, 2025, a fatal accident occurred at a construction site in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, where a hopper fell due to the broken of a wire rope during tower crane lifting operations, resulting in the immediate death of a worker.

In order to deeply learn the lessons of the accident, from now on, all projects under the management of Bao'an District that involve lifting and hoisting operations will be suspended, and comprehensive work will be carried out to investigate and rectify safety hazards such as lifting and hoisting operations and sling wire ropes.

Construction operations rely heavily on various lifting and hoisting equipment, with wire ropes playing a critical role as a key component of such machinery.

However, issues like wear and aging of wire ropes pose significant safety risks to construction sites. Therefore, maintenance and inspection are essential measures to ensure the safe and stable operation of tower crane wire ropes, making the application of wire rope flaw detection systems increasingly important.

Traditional inspection methods rely on visual checks, where maintenance personnel use direct observation, touch, or simple measurements to identify issues with wire ropes. However, manual visual inspections have several drawbacks:

1. It can only judge the external damage of the wire rope. The damage such as broken wire, wear, rust, fatigue, etc. inside the wire rope is difficult to be found by the naked eye, so it often lurks major hidden dangers;

2. High-quality inspection personnel are required to work under harsh conditions. The inspection personnel need to maintain a high level of concentration for a long time. Even experienced and responsible technical workers can hardly guarantee the accuracy of the test results;

3. The visual inspection speed of wire rope is about 0.3 m/s, and it requires a large number of people to operate at the same time to complete, which greatly reduces production efficiency, increases labor energy consumption, and wastes a lot of time and labor costs.

Currently, Luoyang TST Flaw Detection Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "TST") possesses the world-leading "full magnetic detection" core technology, overcoming a century-old challenge in the non-destructive testing of ferromagnetic metal components (wire ropes). Using its full magnetic information extraction method for sensors and proprietary cloud-based big data analysis technology, TST specializes in providing non-destructive testing services, equipment sales, and safety management solutions for ferromagnetic metal components (wire ropes).

TST's independently developed real-time online intelligent wire rope flaw detection system has been widely adopted by numerous enterprises:

"Since implementing TST's real-time online intelligent wire rope flaw detection system, we can accurately monitor wire rope damage data through computer controls, eliminating the need for periodic manual 'visual' or 'touch' inspections. This not only addresses the shortcomings of manual inspections but also improves efficiency."

"With TST's intelligent wire rope flaw detection system, we have finally achieved digital transformation. It has enhanced our inspection capabilities and management standards while providing robust technical support for production safety and economic efficiency."

Many clients have praised TST's real-time online intelligent wire rope flaw detection system after adoption, hailing it as a "high-tech intelligent inspection partner" on production sites.

Introducing professional wire rope inspection equipment can effectively prevent rope-snapping accidents, reasonably reduce rope usage costs, and improve operational efficiency.

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