Crane Safety

A WOMAN has won her fight to have a tower crane looming over her back garden removed — thanks to the Henley Standard.

CONSTRUCTION on the state’s biggest building site in 20 years is in turmoil after work was suspended following the third crane accident at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital in three weeks.

Chinese heavy engineering company Taiyuan Heavy Industry (TYHI) unveiled its 500 tonne TZM500 All Terrain crane last month.

The Strategic Forum for Construction’s Tower Cranes Working Group has launched a new initiative on behalf of the industry

The area’s finest crane operators gathered in Sanford, Fla., last Friday to boom, hoist, and swing their way to a $1,000 prize and a trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC National Skills Competition.

A four axle All Terrain crane overturned yesterday on the D-149 near Cognac in South West France.

Work stopped last week on all 608 construction work sites run by Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe for its annual European Health & Safety Day.

We now understand that a man who died on a London construction site on Wednesday was crushed after a concrete stairwell was dropped on him while it was being lifted into position.

A tower crane collapsed on a construction site in Karlsfelder, just outside of Dachau, Germany on Tuesday.

A three axle All Terrain crane went over in Fort Collins, Colorado yesterday while lifting a tree from the back yard of a home in the town.