Safety

In early July, the Crane Institute Certification Public Awareness Committee successfully rallied support from U.S. Senators, including members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), regarding industry concern over OSHA’s May 22 proposed delay of the compliance date for crane operator certification.

Paciocco’s decision in Thomas G. Fuller is a refreshing review of the classic second branch of the due diligence defense.

A crane operator received serious burns after his mobile crane was struck by lightning in Lauderhill, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida yesterday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will launch a programme aimed at reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with the operation of cranes in Northwest USA.

A 40-year-old crane operator had to be rescued from a tower crane around 35 metres in the air last Wednesday in Graz, Austria.

A man had a lucky escape on a job site in Vancouver, Canada yesterday after the hoist cables of a tower crane brushed against overhead power lines.

Sixteen students in a career/technical education class from Harnett Central High School in Angier, N.C., had a chance to learn about the crane industry firsthand in a two-hour class led by crane experts at ALL Carolina Crane & Equipment.

potted by a reader on YouTube an innovative method of lifting materials to the fourth floor of a building without the need for cranes, hoists or platforms!

The United States International Trade Commission announced a Section 337 investigation into construction giant Sany for patent infringement on Thursday.

The Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) programme for commercial vehicles in the USA has been fully implemented and the motor carrier industry is starting to see the effects of a CSA intervention