Old Crane

A 59 year old crane operator had a lucky escape when his crane overturned in Malta earlier this week. The crane, an ageing Coles Hydratruck owned by contractor and block manufacturer Schembri Barbros, was lifting scaffolding materials down over a part of Valetta’s historic bastion walls when it tipped.

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 national register for cranes does nothing to improve safety, is an unnecessary cost to construction firms and should be abolished, the British workplace health and safety regulator says.

Two construction workers were seriously injured and another knocked unconscious when a tower collapsed on a building site in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday.

A Rough Terrain crane overturned on a road in West Jones County, Mississippi on Friday, the operator escaped with moderate injuries.

A reader in the USA has sent us a photograph of an old crane that perhaps one of you can identify?

Manitowoc has introduced a fixed jib option for its 400 tonne capacity model 16000 lattice boom crawler crane to complement the existing luffing jib attachment

A historic crane has been restored to its original condition by the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust at the Burbage Wharf, south of Marlborough in the UK.

The Florida Crane Safety Alliance, supported by OSHA Alliance and several Florida crane and construction trade associations will conduct a Crane Safety & Education Seminar. June 7, 2012, in Dania Beach, Fla.

Huisman has installed and load tested its 17 m super fly jib for one of the heavy lift mast cranes onboard BigLift Shipping’s Happy Buccaneer