The most number of reported violations came from scaffolding – 9093 violations. OSHA said that Scaffold accidents most often result from the planking or support giving way, or from the employee slipping or being struck by a falling object.
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State lowers boom on construction cranes
“Is the crane safe to operate? That’s our first question,” said Charles Lemon, L & I’s Crane Safety Manager. “And if we find it is safe to operate, we will give them an abatement date, maybe two weeks or so
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.
Usabiaga faces the wind with GTK
Wind power giant Vestas was the client on the project that involved placing 12 of its V90 turbines, which have a 3 MW rating. Vestas contracted rental company Usabiaga for the lifting work,
SCDF had to use an airbag and another crane to extricate the trapped worker.
Each morning, Rex Weare starts work with a bird’s eye view of the St. John River – but that’s after he climbs 130 feet into the cab of the tower crane he operates.
The largest Potain tower crane ever erected in Indonesia, an MD 1100, has been put to work at a shipyard in Medan, North Sumatra.
Giant Wilbert WT 1905L e.tronic at work
The first picture of Wilbert Turmkrane’s giant WT 1905L e.tronic at work has been released to IC. Claimed to be Europe’s largest luffing jib climbing tower crane,
22,000 wind turbines divided by 15 years = 1,466 turbines per year.
Lack of rope inspections may have caused a…….