Safety

A mobile crane overturned in West Fargo, North Dakota, yesterday, with the boom landing on a new building causing considerable damage. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt in the incident.

Spotted on a construction site in Potsdam, Germany yesterday a man riding the crane slings with ladder

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Inc. of Wisconsin reports that operator Ken Mulryan has been appointed Engineer of the Year by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, District D.

A self-erecting tower crane lost its balance yesterday in Ulm-Böfingen, Southern Germany and overturned, thankfully no one was injured.

Crane Institute of America announces the release of the first cards in the new Ready Reference Series. The laminated, pocket-sized cards cover topics that are useful for lift directors and crane and rigging inspectors.

Acquittal of New York Crane and Rigging Owner James Lomma: Should Lives Be at Risk at the Expense of More Profit?

The first Zoomlion Jost flat top tower crane has been launched: the T8030-25U. A project team based at the Chinese manufacturers research centre in Germany developed the crane.

It seems that not everyone got the memo about safeguarding tower cranes from nutters wanting to climb them.

Photos sent to us by a reader show one of the craziest examples of working at height we have seen for some time.

A five axle All Terrain crane overturned in the city of Antofagasta, Northern Chile on Saturday when the ground gave way beneath one of the outriggers.