mobile cranes

A boom truck overturned with the boom coming to rest on a house in Newark, New Jersey yesterday while removing a tree from the back yard

The Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia is suing boom truck manufacturer Elliott Equipment of Omaha, Nebraska for negligence following a fatal accident in 2010 in which the crane broke clear of the truck.

A mobile crane overturned in Toronto, Canada yesterday afternoon, bringing down live overhead power lines and six poles, some of which landed on a passing bus, trapping its 30 occupants.

A boom truck shut down a Burlington Northern Santa Fe line in the Chicago area after it overturned.

MCM Events is delighted to name the first members of the Canadian Hoisting & Rigging Safety Council (CHRSC), which will be inaugurated at its Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada on Sept. 13-14 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta.

A large boom truck overturned in the East Flat Rock area of Hendersonville North Carolina yesterday, slicing a house in two. Thankfully no one was injured.

Dunlop has increased the speed rating of its All Terrain crane tyre following customer demand.

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

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.