Crane Safety

Six people died and one was injured on Saturday after a tower crane came down in Dandong City, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, close to the North Korean border. Six men were apparently working on the 50 metre crane when it went over on a construction site in the Zhenxing District. Four died at the scene, while the other two died later in hospital according to a statement from the local authorities.

“The public is in danger every day.” That’s the accusation of insider who say the state is ignoring risky construction practices. The KOMO 4 Problem Solvers investigated and found several instances where both workers and the public were at risk.

A Romanian Self Erecting Tower Crane tips and strikes three cars. Up to now we have no reports as to fatalities or injuries from the crane tipping, we will continue to monitor this situation and update as information comes in.

If working with cranes is an essential focus of your business then you will be fully aware that if your crane stops working your business effectively stops as well. A Crane is a piece of machinery and like most machinery it has the potential to be upgraded (modernized), this maximizes your cranes performance and improves reliability and durability on many levels.

J.R. Merritt, Stratford, Conn., has introduced the XL-VNSO Hall-effect joystick controller. The new controller was derived from the high duty-cycle XL-VNSO potentiometric joystick, and uses non-contacting Hall-effect technology

The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) and Equipment Training Solutions, LLC (ETS) have rolled out a comprehensive Rigger Safety Training Course. The course closely follows American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B30.9, B30.10, B30.23, B30.26, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 1910.184 and 1926.251, and various industry publications. An easy-to-use, interactive CD-ROM incorporates:

While the labour ministry completes its review of a tower crane collapse in Thornhill, Ont. in which the operator escaped with only minor injuries, all eyes are on crane safety in Ontario.

A boom truck tipped over in Wychmere harbour, Harwich, Cape Cod, Massachussets, yesterday after the ground gave way beneath one of its front outriggers. The crane, which is owned by locally based Baxter Crane was lifting a section of a wood framed building , when the outrigger punched through the ground and virtually flipped, with its boom nose ending up in the water.

It is necessary to get crane certification Maryland. A new rule has come out regarding it from OSHA. It includes new requirements for those who operate cranes. The rules regarding crane operation have not changed since 1971. That is forty years without a change, and the construction industry saw the need to update those rules, in terms of safety.

A tower crane accident occurred in Cologne this weekend causing damage to a building and a car below, but thankfully no injuries were reported. We have few details on the accident, which occurred in the Rudolfplatz in central Cologne on Saturday.