Crane Operator Training

WorkCover New South Wales – Australia hosted a tower crane safety roundtable on Tuesday, following the fire and jib collapse last week.

Over 40 contractor delegates attended a special IPAF half day seminar today at London’s Heathrow airport Terminal 5, in order to discuss the specifying of anti-entrapment devices on boom lifts.

Prompted in part by the threat that regulatory scrutiny of mobile cranes could bleed over to overhead cranes, many steel mills and other high production industries are gearing up their lifting equipment operator training programs.

Wind forces acting on loads during lifting operations have led to serious accidents in the wind turbine industry.

A 70 year old crane operator was trapped under his crane in Borge to the northeast of Fredrikstad, after it overturned on Saturday.

Five men blamed for the death of a co-worker crushed by a falling crane in Dubai, have been fined Dh2,000 ($540) each and jailed for three months.

The Favelle Favco-brand tower crane-whose luffing jib dramatically flipped backwards as Superstorm Sandy blew into Midtown Manhattan-was properly prepared for wind, says the construction manager in charge of the project.

Crane & Rigging Hot Line is proud to announce the winners of Top Trainer 2012.

The crane an old Grove TM1275 or TM1400 belonging to Grúas Quirós, weighs between 82 and 86 tonnes and the bridge is likely to have a capacity of 40 tonnes or so.

Wind proved to be one of the biggest challenges for 10 crane operators who convened in Davenport, Fla., for the Crane Operator Rodeo National Championship on October 27. While the area did not experience the brunt of Hurricane Sandy, it did make for gusty conditions during the competition.