crane operators

The new US Cranes and Derricks standard will finally be published in the Federal Register followed by a live online chat hosted by OSHA and the US Department of Labour

It’s cramped — his elbows almost touch the windows on each side of him — and it sways in the wind, sometimes two or three feet in any direction. But the view is unparalleled. Perched above the Indian River Inlet, Owens can see far into the Atlantic Ocean, south to Ocean City, Md., and northeast to the New Jersey coast.

The disgraced Department of Buildings inspector James Delayo, 61, admitting that he repeatedly sold answers to the crane operator licensing test, and the licenses themselves, for around $500 each.

The content covers a range of topics, including introduction to the trade, principles of tower cranes, safety, rigging, load charts, and tower crane operations.

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The man, James Delayo, 60, the acting chief inspector for the Cranes and Derricks Unit at the city’s Department of Buildings, oversaw the issuing of city licenses for crane operators.

“With ‘green’ machines in your fleet, you can satisfy more of a customer’s needs and become a more valuable rental resource,

Dutch construction company Dura Vermeer has installed camera/monitor systems across its entire tower crane fleet in order to aid its crane operators and improve safety.

This is Gerry Wiebe creator and senior blogger at www.craneblogger.com sending you all a year end message and one last video to view before Christmas 2009.

Only about 10 percent of construction cranes in Washington state have been certified to new safety standards that take effect Jan. 1, according to the Department of Labor and Industries…