Crane Operator Training

An interactive learning activity aimed at building annual events for the lifting and access engineering sector.

The area’s finest crane operators gathered in Sanford, Fla., last Friday to boom, hoist, and swing their way to a $1,000 prize and a trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC National Skills Competition.

A four axle All Terrain crane overturned yesterday on the D-149 near Cognac in South West France.

Work stopped last week on all 608 construction work sites run by Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe for its annual European Health & Safety Day.

A tower crane collapsed on a construction site in Karlsfelder, just outside of Dachau, Germany on Tuesday.

A three axle All Terrain crane went over in Fort Collins, Colorado yesterday while lifting a tree from the back yard of a home in the town.

Ensuring that equipment is properly specified and fit for purpose is clearly critical to any safe lifting program. However, the fact remains that most accidents are the result of human error.

The World Crane and Transport Summit 2013 opened on 29 October to an international audience in Amsterdam, Netherlands. More than 250 industry professionals registered for the event at the Hotel Krasnapolsky in central Amsterdam.

A tower crane has collapsed on to the roof of the Government’s cabinet office in Whitehall, London, following hurricane force winds throughout the southern half of the UK.

Competitors in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Crane Operator Skills Championship next March in Las Vegas, Nev., will be operating in comfort and style.