Industrial Training International

During a rigging job it is important to decide the best rigging method which provides good load control and ensures success throughout the lift. Here are five good ways to…

Crane and rigging accidents can generally be tracked back to a collection of events all arriving at the same place in time. Here at ITI Field Services, we have investigated…

1. At least 40% hands-on activities, directly involved in rigging and moving loads. Most adults learn best by doing. ITI has always practiced the “see it, speak it while doing it”…

Just a quick reminder to our crane and rigging friends about lift planning. The international society has basically adopted a boilerplate approach to load handling. The items listed below are…

Driving by many construction sites, you’ll often notice one or two sets of chain slings hanging off the hook of the site’s utility mobile crane used for off-loading materials. These…

By the title of this article you can see that I really favor the use of hardware which maintains a dependable rated capacity even when rigging conditions aren’t that dependable.…

Answers to the problem can be found below.  Here is the “Rigging with Incline Planes” article reprinted if you missed it. When towing or pulling a load up an incline…

When towing or pulling a load up an incline the effort increases with the slope. Here are three key points that the rigging crew should address to ensure a successful…

Remember when we were kids and our parents and teachers taught us a little safety information about crossing a street? They said look left, then right, and then left again.…

Got a gantry or overhead crane? Let’s review three small steps that can help reduce risk to personnel and the cranes. 1) Paint a continuous stripe on the floor (likely…