A case against a NYC crane rigger(William Rapetti) is going to continue after his lawyer tried to have the case thrown out.
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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.
Tower Crane on Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Chicago nearly collapsed. It was saved by the proper actions of the operator.
Another self erecting tower crane went over this week in Switzerland, no one was injured in either case.
Crane manufacturer Tadano has released a statement to customers regarding counterfeit cranes, warning that counterfeit Tadano products have been appearing on the market worldwide.
The proposed regulations will require employers who use ‘conventional’ tower cranes (i.e tower cranes that are assembled on site; the type involved in the high profile incidents) on construction sites to notify certain information about the crane to HSE
A metro rail construction site is seen after several cranes crashed in New Delhi, July 13. Three cranes crashed Monday while trying to lift a steel girder that had fallen at New Delhi’s metro rail construction site, a new blow to the project a day after the first accident left six people dead.
The difficult task of removing the collapsed tower crane which smashed into an apartment in Liverpool, England began today.
Paul Thomas Rysz Jr., 33, a life-long resident of Norwalk, was apparently struck in the head with a steel pin, which then killed him.