Crane Safety

A luffing jib tower crane has lost its jib on a site in Ealing, London these evening, no one has been injured in the incident and we do not know if it is related to the strong gusty winds currently in the area.

helicopter successfully rescued a tower crane operator in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, yesterday as a fire raged on the job site beneath him.

Badger Equipment and Associated Training Services (ATS) has teamed up to demonstrate the new Badger CD4415 Rough Terrain Crane to crane operators.

The New York City authorities have announced new legislation that limits the age of cranes operating in its jurisdiction.

A video of a lift that purportedly occurred last week in Russia hopefully no one was hurt.

We have received photographs of an incident involving two five axle All Terrain cranes in Caracas, Venezuela last Friday.

Liebherr’s new 1000 EC-B 125- unveiled at Bauma- is currently completing an intensive test programme at the company’s Biberach facility.

A tower crane has collapsed onto an Aldi supermarket in Bad Homburg, Germany killing at least one member of the public.

A self-erecting mobile tower crane has gone over in a shopping street in Nieuwegein, on the south side of Utrecht in the Netherlands, no is hurt and damage is relatively minor.

Crane manufacturer Omega Platforms in the Netherlands has delivered a new custom-designed track driven crane to Hæhre Maskinutleie in Norway.