crane industry news

…was killed Thursday when part of a crane boom he was disassembling fell and crushed him, said Georgetown County Coroner Kenny Johnson.

Copies of KHL’s World Crane Guide can now be bought online at KHL’s new Information Store.

Is this the world’s oldest working tower crane?

The N.C. Department of Labor worked with crane industry leaders on a crane safety standard for North Carolina that will take effect Oct. 1 2009.

Eagle West Equipment Inc. working in conjunction with Boscaro S.r.L have developed a new and highly innovative manbasket for use in the North American Market.

A case against a NYC crane rigger(William Rapetti) is going to continue after his lawyer tried to have the case thrown out.

WD Bennett Plant & Services Ltd has been ordered to pay almost £400k in fines and prosecution costs after being found guilty of two breaches of HSW Act 1974 that led to the death of two workers and severly injured a third man.

We feel good about expanding our product lines to include self erecting cranes, city cranes, tower cranes, crane accessories and power generation equipment

Koenig Cranes is in the development of 4 new tower cranes, the KT 100, KT 150, KT 200, and KT 300. These new cranes have 2 patents exclusive to Koenig Cranes.

WorkSafeBC has hit two firms with fines totalling $315,343.71 for their part in the death of a crane operator who was killed while working on the Canada Line.