Crane Safety

A 600 tonne crawler crane slipped off a truck yesterday, while being loaded in Singapore, fortunately no one was hurt in the incident.

An operator dismantling a self-erecting tower crane in Germany is said to have made an error that resulted in the crane overturning at a site in Osterhofen Bavaria. Thankfully on one was hurt in the incident which occurred on Friday.

Another Jost tower crane jib collapsed yesterday on a building under construction in Croydon, London during a storm.

A heavy storm in northern Belgium on Saturday took down two tower cranes at the site of a new hospital in Oekene, Roselare.

A loader crane overturned while lifting a generator in the city of Bath early yesterday.

An All Terrain crane slipped off a narrow country road near Saint Vallier (Charente) in South East France yesterday, recovering it is proving to be something of a challenge.

A mobile crane caught fire on the M1 Motorway in the UK yesterday, blocking one lane on the northbound exit slip-road/ramp at junction 26.

A truck driver travelling with a fully rigged lattice crawler crane on his trailer, was surprised last week in the Netherlands, when the crane boom caught up on a high tension overhead power line.

Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co, Lexington, Ky., will unveil its second all-terrain crane at ConExpo 2014.

The Crane Institute Certification (CIC) and Arizona’s Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM) have entered into a joint marketing agreement with the aim of improving the safety and health of workers, and thereby reducing accidents.