This is Gerry Wiebe creator and senior blogger at www.craneblogger.com sending you all a year end message and one last video to view before Christmas 2009.
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Crane Accidents
Only about 10 percent of construction cranes in Washington state have been certified to new safety standards that take effect Jan. 1, according to the Department of Labor and Industries…
SCDF had to use an airbag and another crane to extricate the trapped worker.
The video below will show you why proper rigging is so important. Luckily nobody was hurt.
Lack of rope inspections may have caused a…….
The N.C. Department of Labor worked with crane industry leaders on a crane safety standard for North Carolina that will take effect Oct. 1 2009.
Eagle West Equipment Inc. working in conjunction with Boscaro S.r.L have developed a new and highly innovative manbasket for use in the North American Market.
A crane accident on Throgs Neck Bridge killed an electrician
An engineer was killed after an argument with a tower crane operator while 40 meters in the air, according to a report in the Gulf News.
WD Bennett Plant & Services Ltd has been ordered to pay almost £400k in fines and prosecution costs after being found guilty of two breaches of HSW Act 1974 that led to the death of two workers and severly injured a third man.