Lifting Safety

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) now offers the first phase of its CCO certification program specifically designed for boom truck operators.

A mid-size truck mounted lift overturned last night in Bournemouth Gardens, in southern England, while working on the Bournemouth Balloon a tethered helium balloon attraction.

Crane Institute Certification (CIC) announces that it achieved accreditation for four of its crane operator certification programs.

CCO certification reached a historic milestone last month when the 100,000th person to be certified through the nationally accredited program since its launch in April 1996 received his certification card.

Terex Material Handling has been awarded a contract by Airbus to supply 10 Demag process cranes for its assembly facility in Mobile, Alabama

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the demand for quality training and certification programs for operators, riggers and safety personnel.

State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) around the country have discovered that night jobsites are safer and more efficient for a number of reasons.

A four axle All Terrain crane overturned yesterday in the town of Ober-Ramstadt, near Darmstadt, thankfully no one was injured.

Two cranes collapsed at VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on Wednesday, injuring five people including a crane operator who was seriously hurt and remains in hospital. All five are employees of VT Halter Marine.

In support of the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators’ policy of providing calculators for certain CCO written exams, Sicklesteel Cranes (Mt. Vernon, WA) has donated 20,000 calculators for candidates’ use.