mobile cranes

The hook of an improperly stowed telescopic loader crane seriously injured a man in Russia who had been pulled over by the police.

On Oct. 17, 2013, Sims Crane and NBIS are teaming up with the Florida Crane Alliance to present the crane management seminar, How Changes in OSHA Crane Regulation Have Affected the Work Site that will offer insight into the ASME B30.5 and OSHA 1926.1400 changes that are reshaping roles and responsibilities of crane owners and crane users for construction and related industries.

A mobile crane overturned in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday while lifting steel bars, its jib cab down on a parked van. Fortunately no one was injured in the incident.

In early July, the Crane Institute Certification Public Awareness Committee successfully rallied support from U.S. Senators, including members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), regarding industry concern over OSHA’s May 22 proposed delay of the compliance date for crane operator certification.

A crane caught fire whilst driving on a road to Lüneburg, German in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A crane operator received serious burns after his mobile crane was struck by lightning in Lauderhill, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida yesterday.

Swiss crane and transport company Clausen Kran used a Liebherr LTR 1060 telescopic crawler crane to replace a protective traffic structure on the Simplon Pass in the Alps.

The United States International Trade Commission announced a Section 337 investigation into construction giant Sany for patent infringement on Thursday.

The British Broadcasting Corporation – the BBC has confirmed that it is working on a ‘fly on the wall’ documentary about crane rental.

With a rated lifting capacity of 85 U.S. tons, the new SANY SRC885 rough-terrain crane expands the Sany America product line with the intent of meeting the growing demand for higher capacity cranes.