Safety

A man walking down a street had a near miss when a falling crane boom/tower missed him by millimetres in a Russian video.

It is “generally” safe to walk by a crane, the occupational health and safety watchdog’s CEO says amid concern about dangers from such equipment.

BKT has launched a new All Terrain crane tyre, the Airomax AM 27 is currently available as a 445/95 R 25 and is designed for good performance on road and over unfinished ground.

Liebherr has launched an intelligent grab for its mobile harbour cranes – SmartGrip, which it says can boost productivity by over 25 percent.

A mobile crane overturned in West Fargo, North Dakota, yesterday, with the boom landing on a new building causing considerable damage. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt in the incident.

Spotted on a construction site in Potsdam, Germany yesterday a man riding the crane slings with ladder

Crane Institute of America announces the release of the first cards in the new Ready Reference Series. The laminated, pocket-sized cards cover topics that are useful for lift directors and crane and rigging inspectors.

Acquittal of New York Crane and Rigging Owner James Lomma: Should Lives Be at Risk at the Expense of More Profit?

It seems that not everyone got the memo about safeguarding tower cranes from nutters wanting to climb them.

Photos sent to us by a reader show one of the craziest examples of working at height we have seen for some time.