Rigging Safety

This year’s SC&RA Job of the Year competitions featured 28 exceptionally strong entries—13 rigging jobs and 15 hauling jobs.

A number of readers have alerted us to the fact that exceptionally heavy rains earlier this year has left the ground soft in places and undermined previously firm ground.

A Bloomberg administration plan to open the New York construction scene to out-of-town crane operators — long tangled up in litigation from the city’s crane operators’ union – may be further hindered by a new bill that would require two years of experience for operators to become licensed.

Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau (CICB) Ready for Increased Demand for Crane and Lifting Industry Safety Training Programs

In November 2013, Ontario introduced a regulation to its Occupational Health and Safety Act requiring employers to ensure workers and supervisors complete a basic occupational health and safety awareness training program by July 1, 2014. This regulation applies to all Ontario workplaces, regardless of size or sector.

Crane Institute of America announces the availability of the newest edition of the industry’s favorite crane handbook. Mobile Cranes, 10th edition, by James Headley, is an excellent study guide for mobile crane operators who are preparing to take accredited certification exams.

Noël Després has seen what it takes for a company to transform its safety performance. At Comeau’s Sea Foods, it took a great deal of effort over several years, and required a change in outlook among senior managers.

Former NASA astronaut Mike Mullane regaled a crowd of about 860 health and safety professionals at the opening keynote session of the Western Conference on Safety in Vancouver.

An 11-strong fleet of Potain tower cranes is helping to build Europe’s largest shopping mall in Russia. Once completed, Avia Park will occupy an area equivalent to 65 football fields at 463,000m2.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) May 7-8, in Washington, D.C. Work groups will meet May 7 and the full committee will meet May 8.