Crane Safety

A tower crane collapsed in the early hours of yesterday morning on a construction site in Xi’an the capital of north west China’s Shaanxi Province killing four people and injuring four others.

Manitowoc signed a five year, strategic agreement with Orlaco, to provide and develop aftermarket camera systems for Manitowoc cranes, including Potain tower cranes, Grove mobile cranes, National Crane boom trucks and Manitowoc crawler cranes.

Liebherr claims to have assembled the world’s tallest crawler crane at its manufacturing plant in Ehingen, Germany.

A crane operator had a lucky escape on Friday, after the Rough Terrain crane he was operating overturned at St Clair Shores Marina on Lake Michigan.

A large mobile crane caught fire yesterday near Penrith, Cumbria, in the UK causing a major road closure.

In early July, the Crane Institute Certification Public Awareness Committee successfully rallied support from U.S. Senators, including members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), regarding industry concern over OSHA’s May 22 proposed delay of the compliance date for crane operator certification.

Paciocco’s decision in Thomas G. Fuller is a refreshing review of the classic second branch of the due diligence defense.

A crawler crane working on the new National Art Gallery in Singapore overturned this morning when the excavation gave way.

Wind and weather played a role in last week’s Regional Qualifying Rodeo, hosted by Empire Crane in Syracuse, N.Y., as area crane operators competed for a spot in the MCM & CIC Crane Operator Rodeo National Championship

A crane operator received serious burns after his mobile crane was struck by lightning in Lauderhill, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida yesterday.