OSHA has announced that it is considering extending the compliance date for the crane operator certification by three years to Nov. 10, 2017, following recent hearings that garnered industry input.
Ernie Pierini
A large lattice crane boom came down onto a highway in Gallatin, Tennessee yesterday hitting a passing car causing minor injuries to the driver.
A UK company director Allan Turnbull has been sentenced to three years in prison following the death of a man who fell from a boom lift after it was struck by a beam dropped by a crane.
Three mobile cranes have removed the bent boom of the ship crane on the Nordic Visby that failed in the port of Tauranga, New Zealand last Thursday. Click here to see original report.
Alongside the number of different machines from other industry sectors, the museum is looking to introduce an exhibition hall into the museum to display a range of historical construction tools and handmade models
AC 1000 LIFTS PIPES IN CONFINED SPACES AT LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANT IN SLOVENIA.
An incident involving a crane, classified as a traffic accident, indirectly killed a man in the Alandur area of Chennai early yesterday morning.
Ship crane collapse in New Zealand
A man has sustained serious injuries after the boom of a ship crane collapsed on a logging ship at the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand this morning.
Federal law does not pre-empt New York City from regulating construction sites, the 2nd Circuit ruled, noting construction hazards endanger both workers and the general public in the country’s most densely populated city.
A crane overturned on Monday on the site of a new court house in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.