crane industry news

A large mobile crane caught fire yesterday near Penrith, Cumbria, in the UK causing a major road closure.

In early July, the Crane Institute Certification Public Awareness Committee successfully rallied support from U.S. Senators, including members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), regarding industry concern over OSHA’s May 22 proposed delay of the compliance date for crane operator certification.

A crawler crane working on the new National Art Gallery in Singapore overturned this morning when the excavation gave way.

A crane caught fire whilst driving on a road to Lüneburg, German in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Wind and weather played a role in last week’s Regional Qualifying Rodeo, hosted by Empire Crane in Syracuse, N.Y., as area crane operators competed for a spot in the MCM & CIC Crane Operator Rodeo National Championship

A crane operator received serious burns after his mobile crane was struck by lightning in Lauderhill, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida yesterday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will launch a programme aimed at reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with the operation of cranes in Northwest USA.

A 40-year-old crane operator had to be rescued from a tower crane around 35 metres in the air last Wednesday in Graz, Austria.

A man had a lucky escape on a job site in Vancouver, Canada yesterday after the hoist cables of a tower crane brushed against overhead power lines.

Hugon chose a Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 compact crane for a job deep inside the city walls of the medieval town of Carcassonne in France.