Safety

Crane and rigging accidents can generally be tracked back to a collection of events all arriving at the same place in time. Here at ITI Field Services, we have investigated…

Two men died last week in Dubai when the suspended platform they were using for cladding work failed and dropped to the ground from the 27th floor. The men were fitting external exterior glass panels on one of the Boulevard Plaza buildings on the Downtown Dubai development.

1. Thorough pre-operational inspection training. Fully introducing students to a healthy mobile crane and its components is key. If a function or component is deficient, the operator’s success or failure throughout…

1. At least 40% hands-on activities, directly involved in rigging and moving loads. Most adults learn best by doing. ITI has always practiced the “see it, speak it while doing it”…

Just a quick reminder to our crane and rigging friends about lift planning. The international society has basically adopted a boilerplate approach to load handling. The items listed below are…

SC&RA, in partnership with the KHL Group, will present a webinar on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new Cranes & Derrick Standard. The webinar, an internet-based seminar, will be Thursday, December 9, noon to 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). Bill Smith, senior vice president, Risk Management of NBIS, will provide a summary of the new rules outlined in the standard, highlighting the changes that will impact crane and rigging businesses.

A man using an aerial lift in the centre if an English town last weekend was caught on camera using the 3.5 tonne truck mount without a harness, with no cordoning off and possibly worse of all working over the top of pedestrians the reader who sent a whole series of photographs in said: “I saw this on Saturday in the centre of Huddersfield.

Driving by many construction sites, you’ll often notice one or two sets of chain slings hanging off the hook of the site’s utility mobile crane used for off-loading materials. These…

By the title of this article you can see that I really favor the use of hardware which maintains a dependable rated capacity even when rigging conditions aren’t that dependable.…

“The public is in danger every day.” That’s the accusation of insider who say the state is ignoring risky construction practices. The KOMO 4 Problem Solvers investigated and found several instances where both workers and the public were at risk.