Safety

Spotted by a reader in the Isle Of Man – between the UK and Ireland – a painter using a ladder and a truck mounted lift in an unusual manner.

The union representing outside city workers in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is applauding a coroner jury’s recommendations into the 2009 death of a worker who was fatally crushed by a mobile crane.

A boom truck overturned in Milwaukee on Friday as it was unloading and placing steel beams and landed across four cars, one of which was occupied.

Between 2004 and 2013, 40 truck drivers were seriously injured by a passing vehicle while changing tires, putting on tire chains, or doing other vehicle maintenance tasks.

A fleet of Manitowoc crawler cranes is being used in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, demolishing and rebuilding a wharf at the Halifax Shipyard. The construction is part of the Halifax Shipyard Modernization Program and will serve the Royal Canadian Navy’s combat fleet.

This award is presented to certified crane operators who exhibit exemplary work achievements while accumulating 10,000 consecutive man-hours and recording zero accidents and incidents. Winners represent nine different companies:

A Rough Terrain crane working in southern Switzerland overturned on Tuesday while trying to lift a load that was too heavy.

Iowa City firefighters and Mortenson Construction teamed up and use a tower crane to simulate a high angle rescue some 200 feet over Iowa City.

Canadian Occupational Safety is pleased to launch the 2014 Safety Leader of the Year award, sponsored by North by Honeywell and Miller by Honeywell.

A number of readers have alerted us to the fact that exceptionally heavy rains earlier this year has left the ground soft in places and undermined previously firm ground.