Safety

The 34 year-old operator was employed by APM Terminals and was loading steel sheets on trucks at the port when the crane tipped over.

Dartford, UK-based Select was fined £100,000 plus costs of £33,000 at a case at the Old Bailey in Central London after being prosecuted over the incident

A 20 year old tractor driver also died at the scene, but it is unclear if he was in his vehicle at the time and how it relates to the crane accident. Local reports say that the crane collapsed from its base and that the weather was very stormy at the time with strong winds

The DVD aims to “raise the awareness of safe practices which can avoid potential risks at all stages of tower crane climbing and aims at driving improvements across the industry to rule out incidents”.

Two house roofs were smashed in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday as a crane arm broke off and fell on them.

Comansa, Jaso, Liebherr, Manitowoc-Potain, Terex and Wolffkran have backed the objectives of the two-year-old standard, said CECE. They include increased safety, minimum requirements for noise emissions, ergonomic design and comfort for the crane user

The 40 tonne All Terrain crane was travelling on an unclassified road behind Stokesay Castle when it got stuck and then rolled, coming to rest upside down.

The order came after Dura Vermeer noticed that working speeds and load weights were increasing.

MECHANICAL failure in the jib during commissioning caused the boom structure of a tower crane to come crashing down on BHP’s Worsley Alumina Refinery project near Collie, WA, on January 13, 2010.

The city of Redding could face more than $26,000 in fines for Monday’s crane collapse.