Safety

Identify the rigging method below which provides the best load control of the two hitch systems illustrated. Answers below. Happy trails to all my crane and rigging friends,
 Mike Parnell…

Following the successful completion of a one-day conference during ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas last month,Maximum Capacity Media announces the dates for the second Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) and Reach Expo to be held this summer. The event returns to Houston, Texas, July 19-20,

A large boat being loaded onto a larger ship in Galway harbour, Ireland, was dropped yesterday after the lifting slings broke. Three men were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Rig from the bottom up. Select the correct rigging for the load below using the Master Rigger’s Reference Card panels at the right. Answers can be found below. Happy trails…

Once in a while we are faced with a rigging challenge that requires us to go back to a² + b² = c² . To solve the following “tension” questions…

Portable roadway rental company Lion Trackhire provided a temporary track for a 1200 t crawler crane working at London’s 2012 Olympic Village site earlier this year. The crane, supplied by Ainscough Crane Hire, was being used to lift cooling equipment onto the roof of the new Marks and Spencer department store that is being built as part of the Olympic Village complex.

Ottawa, Ontario-based construction company AGF Raymond Rebar has been fined C$110,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured during the lifting of two rebar structures.

OSHA now offers a guidance document to help small businesses comply with the agency’s cranes and derricks rule published in August 2010. This new standard was issued to address the number of worker injuries and deaths associated with the use of cranes and derricks in construction.

When a load’s lifting points are not on the same plane or elevation, the tension in each sling must be calculated in a little more formal method. Use the panels…

The UK’s Health & Safety Executive has concluded an investigation into the failure of a hook on a loader crane whilst lifting a large cabin. Examination of the hook after the accident revealed that a roll pin used to secure a nut onto the threaded shank of the hook had failed. The failure of the pin allowed the nut to move on the threaded shank, particularly when the hook and load were rotated.