Crane Safety

An All Terrain crane rolled over onto a verge yesterday near Saint-Pons-de-Thomières in Southern France to the north west of Beziers.

AEM’s Technical and Safety Services staff met with top officials of the Directorate of Construction (DOC) of OSHA this month to discuss opportunities to improve the health and safety of those working with and around heavy equipment in agriculture, construction, forestry, and utility.

Since its successful launch of the 1000 EC-H at the Bauma 2013 in Munich, the largest standard crane in the EC-H series has been proving its worth in prestigious projects around the world.

A self-erecting tower crane overturned yesterday near Stuttgart, Germany, when the ground gave way under one of its supports.

Crane Institute of America announces the availability of the newest edition of the industry’s favorite rigging handbook. Rigging, by James Headley, has been converted from imperial to metric. Providing practical…

A marine crane on the bulk carrier Seapace broke free from its pedestal this week, seriously injuring the operator.

A boom truck overturned yesterday on Interstate 40 to the east of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Fortunately no one was injured in the incident.

The other day I was asked “what training do you need to drive a crane?”. While this might seem a simple question with a simple answer, it is actually a good deal more challenging.

Industrial Video and Control (IVC) is now offering the CZ-3041-1 crane monitoring system.

Tower crane operator Barry Kelly of Irish crane & lifting was recently filmed by Irish television company RTE and named as the highest fan of country and western singer Garth Brooks.