Safety

Ex-New York crane inspector Edward Marquette has been sentenced to five years’ probation.

A boom truck overturned in Mount Vernon, Virginia yesterday, injuring two people, its boom came to rest on a church.

Applications are being accepted for the SC&RA Annual Awards. The awards will be presented during the SC&RA Annual Conference, 2 to 6 April 2013, at the Westin Kierland, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

A West Midlands steel company has been ordered to pay more than GBP 146,000 (USD 231,125) in fines and costs after one of its employees was crushed to death by a 15t crane, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced recently.

A large boom truck tipped over in Haddonfield, New Jersey yesterday while removing a tree from the back yard of a house.

While some crane and rigging safety topics are timeless, others are predicated by industry trends, changes in standards and regulations, new technology, and shifts in labor demands.

A 50 tonne mobile crane has overturned while lifting a garbage disposal truck in Hörgertshausen, Germany, on Monday.

Australia’s federal government has proposed scrapping the landmark hammerhead crane in Sydney. A report by the department of defence report proposes scrapping the 250 tonne crane which has been in…

UNIC mini cranes played a starring role on the set of Hollywood blockbuster “Noah” recently as they assisted with filming inside a 5000 year old lava stream cave near Reykjavik in Iceland.

A New York crane operator and contractor each face at least $64,000 in fines for a crawler collapse last month. See Overload blamed for NY crane collapse See crane collapses in New York.