Crane Safety

Ensuring that equipment is properly specified and fit for purpose is clearly critical to any safe lifting program. However, the fact remains that most accidents are the result of human error.

NASA first-ever deep space craft, Orion, was powered on for the first time in October, marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight.

Iain Gillham, the tower crane operator critically injured when his crane collapsed in Liverpool, UK, in 2009 has won a £2.7 million out of court settlement. Gillham, a site manager…

Manitowoc’s largest crane the 2,300 tonne capacity 31000 crawler crane has completed it largest lift to date picking and carrying a 650 tonne cold box at a liquefied natural gas plant in Gwangyang, South Korea.

Terex Cranes announces that it is tracking recent reports of counterfeit Terex® crawler crane models originating from China. Similar to the incident reports of 2011, the Terex CC 2500-1 lattice boom crawler

The World Crane and Transport Summit 2013 opened on 29 October to an international audience in Amsterdam, Netherlands. More than 250 industry professionals registered for the event at the Hotel Krasnapolsky in central Amsterdam.

The tower crane that dropped its jib on the cabinet office in London has now been removed.

Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has carried out a large number of surprise inspections focused on crane safety, following several recent incidents.

A tower crane has collapsed on to the roof of the Government’s cabinet office in Whitehall, London, following hurricane force winds throughout the southern half of the UK.

Competitors in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Crane Operator Skills Championship next March in Las Vegas, Nev., will be operating in comfort and style.