Crane Safety

There were no injuries reported Saturday after the crane hit a ledge near the top of the mixed-use building on Maiden Lane, three blocks from Wall Street, the Fire Department of New York said. Part of the lower Manhattan building’s facade broke off and fell into the street, police Lt. John Grimpel s

Belgian based international lifting specialist Sarens is launching a 3,250 tonne 120,000 tonne/metre heavy lift crane of its own design, the SGC 120. It can handle a massive 600 tonnes at 100 metres radius.

According to sources a crane accident in Krasnoyarsk, Russia collapsed leaving the operator dead and 5 people injured. On March 26th, 2010, the crane fell over a busy six lane…

A company director has been ordered to pay £20,000 over the death of his best friend after an access platform toppled over in Manchester city centre in 2007.

The disgraced Department of Buildings inspector James Delayo, 61, admitting that he repeatedly sold answers to the crane operator licensing test, and the licenses themselves, for around $500 each.

It was the long years of excellent co-operation between Liebherr and the Bregenz Theatre which gave rise to the idea of bringing Liebherr cranes visibly into the performance

In that accident, a 24-year-old, cheaply refurbished, Lomma-owned crane snapped in two, sending the crane’s boom, engine and cab plummeting 20 stories with its operator trapped inside.

This is a video of a brutal 4 crane accident that causes a explosion

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Mr. Varganyi was released without bail; Mr. Lomma was also released, but he must post $100,000 bail within a week.