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The boom of a barge mounted ringer crane working on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco bay, collapsed yesterday.

On Monday this week a relatively simple lift went expensively wrong, thanks to a contractor using a smaller crane than the job demanded.

There has been much discussion about the new rule governing the way cranes are operated in the USA and, in particular, the effect it might have on how crane operators are certified.

The boom of a large boom truck crashed onto the roof of a home in Phoenix, Arizona, yesterday after it broke free from the superstructure.

A crane operator has died after a fall at a city centre construction site in Melbourne this morning.

Ex-New York crane inspector Edward Marquette has been sentenced to five years’ probation.

A boom truck overturned in Mount Vernon, Virginia yesterday, injuring two people, its boom came to rest on a church.

Crane Institute Certification announces that all annual reports submitted for 2012 have been reviewed and accepted by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

A large boom truck tipped over in Haddonfield, New Jersey yesterday while removing a tree from the back yard of a house.

While some crane and rigging safety topics are timeless, others are predicated by industry trends, changes in standards and regulations, new technology, and shifts in labor demands.