Ernie Pierini

We have been sent some photos of a car crushed by a telescopic loader crane that overturned onto it in China. Miraculously the occupants escaped with minor injuries.

Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, Lexington, Ky., was presented the Environmental Award by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) during closing night ceremonies at the association’s Annual Conference, April 17-21, at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas. As part of its commitment to “go green with increased awareness and visibility for environmental issues,” SC&RA instituted the award in 2011 to recognize a member company that has made outstanding contributions to environmental protection.

OSHA has elevated the status of the signalperson to an even more critical position within the crane crew. In fact, the Cranes & Derricks rule, passed in the fall of 2010, has eliminated the “casual” signaler altogether.

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental of Wisconsin, USA, a member of the All Erection & Crane Rental Family of Companies, has been named as a finalist in the 2011 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award.

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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.

SAFETY FIRST: Construction boss James Lomma (right) sent opposing lawyers a link to this photo of his company’s cranes being used to hoist the space shuttle, after he beat criminal charges in the deaths of two workers.

Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind energy industry, on the occasion of one of the sector’s key events, EWEA 2012 Copenhagen (Denmark), announces the launch of a new wind turbine: the G114-2.0 MW Class IIIA, designed to achieve maximum returns from low-wind sites.

Jimmy Lomma has been acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges stemming from the fatal collapse of one of his tower cranes in New York in 2008.

A reader from the Philippines has sent in a photo of a group of construction men working from some sort of scaffold in Manila.