Safety

A lattice boom crawler crane being transported on a barge in Oldenburg, Germany has overturned after coming into contact with overhead power lines.

A tower crane crashed onto the roof of apartment block in Vienna on Saturday after part of the slab it was sitting on broke away.

Crane Institute Certification (CIC) announces that it achieved accreditation for four of its crane operator certification programs.

CCO certification reached a historic milestone last month when the 100,000th person to be certified through the nationally accredited program since its launch in April 1996 received his certification card.

Firefighters from West Pierce Fire and Rescue scaled a massive tower crane, then lowered a gurney with a mock victim 175 feet to the ground during a training exercise at the Chambers Creek Regional Waste water Treatment Plant.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the demand for quality training and certification programs for operators, riggers and safety personnel.

State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) around the country have discovered that night jobsites are safer and more efficient for a number of reasons.

A man walking down a street had a near miss when a falling crane boom/tower missed him by millimetres in a Russian video.

It is “generally” safe to walk by a crane, the occupational health and safety watchdog’s CEO says amid concern about dangers from such equipment.

BKT has launched a new All Terrain crane tyre, the Airomax AM 27 is currently available as a 445/95 R 25 and is designed for good performance on road and over unfinished ground.