Safety

A mobile crane went over in the small town of Arrowtown, South Island, New Zealand earlier today as it was lifting a large tree. Lifting trees can be a challenging application at any time, but the three axle All Terrain appears to have been set up on soft ground without adequately sized outrigger mats. The load side outriggers have either retracted, or more likely punched into the ground.

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More than 220 sign company personnel have participated in ISA’s industry-leading mobile crane operator safety certification training program in 2011. The training program is designed to help the industry meet certification requirements from OSHA.

Eagle West has now achieved a Certificate of Recognition (COR) in Health & Safety in all operations: A Certificate of Recognition Program (COR) is a monetary incentive program for employers who go beyond the Workers Compensation Act and the OH&S Regulations by implementing best practice health and safety management systems.

Firefighters have rescued a tower crane operator who collapsed in his crane cab, about 35 metres above a site in north-east London today. Around 20 firefighters were called to the scene in Hertford Road, Hackney this morning.

A three axle city type All Terrain crane ended up on its roof today after coming down the long steep Ebchester Hill, in the village of Ebchester in County Durham the UK. The hill has an escape lane as it approaches the village and joins the main road – the A-694 – in a T-Junction.

UK based crane sales and service company Crowland Cranes has installed a new Crypton rolling road that can test mobile cranes and truck mounted work platfroms with axle weights up to 20 tonnes.

Indicative of both wind power’s continued maturation and the importance the industry places on the safety of its greatest asset, today the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into an official Alliance to further protect the health and safety of the industry’s workers.

The Revised COP provides practical guidance to the industry as to how to use tower cranes safely and properly with a view to assisting duty holders in preventing accidents as well as complying with the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations. The revision mainly involves incorporation of the good practices recommended in the second version of the Guidelines on Safety of Tower Cranes published by the Construction Industry Council into the COP, with a view to further enhancing the safety of tower crane operation.

One of the largest providers of lifting and rigging products and related services in the United States, today announced the company has received the Gold Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) national award from Associated Builders and Contractors,