crane operators

If you’ve been keeping up with the latest news and press releases, then you already know that Elite Sales Inc. is constantly introducing new ideas and innovation into the world of industrial rigging equipment.

Hand over hand, one rung at a time, a visitor arrives panting and pouring sweat at the office of Kirk Luba, 180 feet above terra firma. It’s the catbird seat of a Liebherr 316, one of four giant tower cranes doing the heavy lifting on the Memorial Stadium project.

New Zealand Crane Group is installing Standfast’s TRAM – Travel Restraint Access Module – fall protection system, on every crane in its fleet above 80 tonnes.

NZ Crane managing director Deane Manley said: “It has been standard industry practice for years to climb on top of booms without adequate fall protection, but this has just got to stop.

Jumbo Offshore has been awarded the transport and installation contract for all 111 transition pieces on the Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark.

A crane has gone over while working on a ride at the Scandia Fun centre in Sacramento California, yesterday while attempting to remove a large component from the ride. – the Scandia Screamer.

12,481 employees, 64 wheel powered hydraulic jack transporters, 1000 foot floating drydocks plus assorted gantry and tower cranes are some of the most important tools being used by Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard to build vessels that cost up to $5 billion each!

Indicative of both wind power’s continued maturation and the importance the industry places on the safety of its greatest asset, today the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into an official Alliance to further protect the health and safety of the industry’s workers.

A Rough Terrain crane overturned in Travis on Staten Island New York yesterday, no one was injured and the operator was able to exit the cab and walk from the scene.

A new company has been established in the UK to provide contractors and other crane owners with operators. Based just outside of London High Drive Recruitment is fronted by Tristam Mayes a highly experienced crane operator in his own right.

A large construction crane flipped over in a Stafford County business center on Wednesday and wrapped around a building. The accident happened in the Quantico Corporate Park around 11 a.m.