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The government of Ontario, Canada has announced a safety blitz this month and next, checking crane safety on construction sites and surface mines across the province.
Sims Crane & Equipment, Tampa, Fla., annually holds a rodeo competition for its crane operators. Ed Cook, operating out of the Vero Beach location, was recently named Top Gun for 2012.
A large boom truck crane overturned in Bethesda, Maryland on Saturday while removing a tree from the back yard of a house.
A 3,000-kilogram load of concrete descends from a tower crane into a busy intersection during rush hour. A mobile crane graces an overhead power line, electrocuting the crane operator. A tower crane tips over – and crushes a worker. These catastrophic events could happen at any construction site that fails to properly address hazards, according to workplace health and safety experts.
A demonstration has been staged outside the Department of Work and Pensions to highlight concerns over scrapping tower crane regulations
The US based crane operator certification company, National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), has announced that it will issue colour-coded CCO cards for operators, riggers, signal persons, crane inspectors, practical examiners, and auditors.
The Construction Safety Campaign has called a protest rally on Tuesday against proposals to scrap tower crane regulations. Protesters want to retain the Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010, whoseabolition was advocated by the Lofstedt review of Government regulations.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today renewed its Alliance with Altec Industries Inc. to continue working together to protect workers
A Rough Terrain crane overturned on a road in West Jones County, Mississippi on Friday, the operator escaped with moderate injuries.