The luffing jib of a tower crane collapsed at a site in London yesterday dropping a load onto a footpath.
The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has confirmed that its substance abuse policy remains in full force and effect.
For the third year, the MCM & CIC Crane Operator Rodeo Regional Qualifiers and National Championship will return, providing operators in North America the opportunity to showcase their skills while organizers continue their efforts to promote safe crane operation.
OSHA has scheduled two informal stakeholder meetings to solicit comments on the crane operator certification requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard.
A 500 tonne All Terrain crane overturned in Haifa, Israel on Thursday, at least one person died in the incident.
Membrey Transport and Crane Hire played a major role in the successful relocation of a rare Rothschild giraffe from the Melbourne Zoo in Victoria to the Mogo Zoo on the southern coast of New South Wales, 800 kilometers away.
A 750 tonne Liebherr LG 1750 working on a wind contract in Cumbria, UK, over turned yesterday, while relocating.
A truck crane overturned onto a house yesterday in the town of Eunice Louisiana while lifting the limbs of a tree being removed from the back of the property.
A UK construction company has been charged £13,500 for not protecting pedestrians walking under the boom of an aerial lift.
The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has agreed to support CRC/ICHC to be held May 29-30 in Indianapolis, Ind., announces MCM Events, the conference organizer.