The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) recently issued two Crane & Rigging Group Project Safety Awards in October.
Safety
New crane safety products, crane accident stories and other safety related articles.
Yesterday two workers died when they fell 50 feet in a elevator car attached to the crane.
New tower crane safety laws set for the UK
random-cranesThe board of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in the UK, has approved new regulations governing the use of tower cranes following a three-month comment period.
Swiss Crane Dismantle Finds Stabilty Limit
Basel, Switzerland A Wolff tower crane jib, apparently being dismantled, was dropped due to stability problems with the mobile crane. The Tower crane jib will be a total loss, as well as the mobile crane boom and luffing jib.
Riding Lawn Mower + Crane = Flying Hedge Trimmer
You call that a hedge trimmer? Now, this is a hedge trimmer. Well, it’s actually a riding mower suspended by a crane, but it works just as well. Apparently, it…
A Weightron Bilancial crane scale system is helping Virgin Atlantic Airways keep track of the loads being handled at its Heathrow maintenance hangar. Supplied by Street CraneXpress (SCX), the crane…
A crane toppled over while removing an oak tree from the yard of Michelle and Kevin McCarthy in Santa Rosa, California.
Police in Kansas City, Mo., say one worker has died following a crane accident at the construction site of a performing arts center.
Crane Safety Rule Delayed for Months
A Liverpool MP slammed delays in improving crane safety on building sites.
One man is lucky to be alive after the crane he was operating collapsed in Thornhill last Friday.