Crane Safety

One man died and another was injured when a crawler crane overturned at a metro construction site in Saidapet, Chennai, India today.

Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals (ACRP) announce that they have opened the nomination process for 2014 Top Trainers. Nominations will be accepted until July 31, 2014.

Sixteen crane operators from the United States and Canada will move onto the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Skills Championship, which will be held in March 6-7 at…

When considering the complexities involved with crane operations, having pre-determined quality controls in place for effective accident management prior to beginning crane work

Liebherr has introduced a boom upgrade kit for its LR 1600/2 crawler crane which increases lifting capacities by up to 20 percent and extends the heavy duty lift height.

European tower crane manufacturers have produced new guidance to emphasise that their machines are not designed to be used as fairground rides.

IPAF is welcoming a paper by FEM (Fédération Européenne de la Manutention – the European manufacturers’ association for material handling equipment), which reiterates that tower cranes are designed to lift loads, not people.

Changes to the ASME B30.3 2012 standard for tower cranes will affect your business.

A crane overturned this morning in Phuket City, Thailand, cutting off a high voltage power line, but it is hard to see exactly what happened.

A five axle All Terrain crane lost its balance in Mineola on the north east side of New York City yesterday.