Crane Safety

A crane inspector certification programme has been developed by the NCCCO in conjunction with the Crane Certification Association of America (CCAA), offering inspectors of tower, mobile and overhead cranes distinct certifications.

A mobile crane went over in the small town of Arrowtown, South Island, New Zealand earlier today as it was lifting a large tree. Lifting trees can be a challenging application at any time, but the three axle All Terrain appears to have been set up on soft ground without adequately sized outrigger mats. The load side outriggers have either retracted, or more likely punched into the ground.

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More than 220 sign company personnel have participated in ISA’s industry-leading mobile crane operator safety certification training program in 2011. The training program is designed to help the industry meet certification requirements from OSHA.

Liebherr is to start tests on expanding the use of carbon fibre technology (CFK) in other products. The company is currently using the technolgy on pendant straps fitted to its HS 895 HD duty cycle crawler crane and is an option on its LR 1300 crawler crane.

A crane operator has died after his crawler crane overturned in North Douglas, near Juneau, Alaska on Thursday. The man, Boyd Cody, 75, was operating the crane from a barge in the Gastineau Channel, moving a larger generator at the yard of Trucano Construction in North Douglas when it tipped onto its side.

Eagle West has now achieved a Certificate of Recognition (COR) in Health & Safety in all operations: A Certificate of Recognition Program (COR) is a monetary incentive program for employers who go beyond the Workers Compensation Act and the OH&S Regulations by implementing best practice health and safety management systems.

Two men were injured on Saturday at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, while assembling a crawler crane. The men were installing the crane’s back mast using another crawler crane.

Welti-Furrer Pneukran & Spezialtransporte has erected a 2.3 megawatt Enercon E-70 wind turbine at an altitude of 2,465 metres, near the border between Switzerland and Italy. The work was completed on behalf of German company Enercon.

The accident involved a 65-year-old foreman who worked for the formwork specialist Bosform of Yatala. He was crushed by a large shuttering form which dropped from a crane at a height of 20 metres or more. According to local reports a lifting eye on the formwork gave way, causing it to fall.