Crane Safety

An eight axle All Terrain crane overturned last week on a wind farm in Wöhrden Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.

A city inspector who became the poster boy for haphazard oversight after two Manhattan tower cranes collapsed in 2008 was cleared on technicalities of the top charges against him today — but was still convicted of lying on paperwork to shirk inspections.

The new CTL 650 F45 is Terex Cranes’ new generation entry into the extra-large capacity class of luffing jib tower cranes. It completes the company’s portfolio of 14 CTL series luffing models.

OSHA is introducing a temporary enforcement policy from next week preventing the use of proximity devices as the sole warning method for cranes working near power lines.

There’s more science to selecting the right outrigger pads for the job than most people think. That’s why Panora, Iowa-based DICA introduced its FIT Safety System. FIT stands for Fitting, Innovation, and Training.

A Rough Terrain crane went over yesterday at a medical centre site in Boston, Massachusetts. No one was injured in the incident.

The huge piece of construction equipment is about to go up in the heart of Doylestown, on the site where the new Bucks County Courthouse is being built. The crane will be 175 feet tall, Doylestown Borough officials said.

The government of Ontario, Canada has announced a safety blitz this month and next, checking crane safety on construction sites and surface mines across the province.

The number of tower crane accidents in Dubai and the UAE is not significantly different from Europe, says the head of the European crane manufacturers association.

A recently uploaded video is circulating claiming to show a crawler crane dropping a heavy load onto a bus.