A four axle All Terrain crane overturned yesterday on the D-149 near Cognac in South West France.
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Work stopped last week on all 608 construction work sites run by Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe for its annual European Health & Safety Day.
We now understand that a man who died on a London construction site on Wednesday was crushed after a concrete stairwell was dropped on him while it was being lifted into position.
Another one for the trees
A three axle All Terrain crane went over in Fort Collins, Colorado yesterday while lifting a tree from the back yard of a home in the town.
Guest Blogger: How Should We Define Competence?
Ensuring that equipment is properly specified and fit for purpose is clearly critical to any safe lifting program. However, the fact remains that most accidents are the result of human error.
£2.7 million settlement for crane operator
Iain Gillham, the tower crane operator critically injured when his crane collapsed in Liverpool, UK, in 2009 has won a £2.7 million out of court settlement. Gillham, a site manager…
TEREX WARNS ABOUT COUNTERFEIT CRANES
Terex Cranes announces that it is tracking recent reports of counterfeit Terex® crawler crane models originating from China. Similar to the incident reports of 2011, the Terex CC 2500-1 lattice boom crawler
Craneblogger 2013 Crane Photo Contest Voting Begins!
Craneblogger 2013 Crane Photo Contest Voting Begins! Voting for all photo submissions of the 4th Annual Great Crane Photo Contest begins today and ends October 30th! Vote for photos from all the three categories…
CraneBlogger is starting up its 2013 annual great crane photo contest, this is where you can submit your photos of the coolest tower crane, coolest mobile crane and wildest crane project.…
Crane Safety is Focus of OSHA Emphasis Program in the Northwest
OSHA is launching a program aimed at reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with the operation of cranes in construction, general industry, and maritime operations for employers under federal OSHA jurisdiction in Idaho, Alaska, Washington, and Oregon.

