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.
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Another one for the trees
by Ernie Pierini
November 7, 2013
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.
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Guest Blogger: How Should We Define Competence?
by Ernie Pierini
November 6, 2013
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.
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£2.7 million settlement for crane operator
by Ernie Pierini
November 5, 2013
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…
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TEREX WARNS ABOUT COUNTERFEIT CRANES
by Ernie Pierini
November 4, 2013
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
The tower crane that dropped its jib on the cabinet office in London has now been removed.
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has carried out a large number of surprise inspections focused on crane safety, following several recent incidents.
Spotted by a reader in Perth, Western Australia, men riding the load on a new build construction site.
Almost half of building sites checked by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) failed basic checks particularly when working at height.