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The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) announced that it has been awarded accreditation by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for two of its newest certification programs.
A crane operator was arrested in Middletown Connecticut last Wednesday for operating without a license.
The company responsible for the work being undertaken by the crane that tipped at Tate Modern last month – McGee Demolition – has issued a statement and guidance for use by its site staff, subcontractors and suppliers.
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Human error likely cause of Tate Modern crane flip
by Ernie Pierini
January 5, 2012
The investigation into the upending of a mobile crane at the Tate Modern gallery in London last month has identified human error as the likely cause, with the wrong basic data possibly entered into the crane’s computer.
In a quiet start to the new working week, two cases of bridge bashing, one in Singapore where an a crane of some sort ripped a large chunk out of the Change Alley link bridge at Collyer Quay and the other in Falmouth, Maine.
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Articulating Crane Operators & Rigger Level II Certification earn ANSI Accreditation.
by Ernie Pierini
December 22, 2011
NCCCO also announced that it had been granted continued accreditation by ANSI for its previously accredited programs: Mobile Crane Operator, Tower Crane Operator, Overhead Crane Operator, Rigger Level I, and Signalperson
The managing director of a failed construction company has been fined £80,000 plus £18,495 costs following the death of an employee caused by a crane overturning while overloaded.
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Trucker gets seven years for killing kids
by Ernie Pierini
December 20, 2011
The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced a 26-year-old man with epilepsy to the maximum term of seven years in prison Monday for killing six children in a mobile crane accident last April in Tochigi Prefecture, even though his condition played a factor in the accident.
A ‘newly discovered’ letter could stir up confusion in the on-going civil and criminal trials concerning New York’s fatal Upper East Side crane collapse in 2008.