Rigging Safety

Liebherr claims to have assembled the world’s tallest crawler crane at its manufacturing plant in Ehingen, Germany.

A crane operator had a lucky escape on Friday, after the Rough Terrain crane he was operating overturned at St Clair Shores Marina on Lake Michigan.

Paciocco’s decision in Thomas G. Fuller is a refreshing review of the classic second branch of the due diligence defense.

Wind and weather played a role in last week’s Regional Qualifying Rodeo, hosted by Empire Crane in Syracuse, N.Y., as area crane operators competed for a spot in the MCM & CIC Crane Operator Rodeo National Championship

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will launch a programme aimed at reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with the operation of cranes in Northwest USA.

Sixteen students in a career/technical education class from Harnett Central High School in Angier, N.C., had a chance to learn about the crane industry firsthand in a two-hour class led by crane experts at ALL Carolina Crane & Equipment.

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.

One of GGR’s mini spider cranes, a 6 tonne capacity UNIC URW-706, was used with an MRTA611 Six-in-Line glass vacuum lifter to help glaze the external walls of the venue now that the temporary seating area used for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been removed.

Space: the final frontier. Exploring the Universe has been the dream of humanity for centuries but only a reality in recent decades.

Crane and Rigging Hot Line announces a series of Risk Management Webinars beginning August 1, 2013.