Safety

A man was crushed yesterday in Hidd, Bahrain after a mobile lattice boom crane dropped a container load of concrete slabs.

Irish truck distributor J Harris Assemblers has been fined €20,000 for selling on a loader crane that had been involved in a fatal accident without fixing the issue that allowed the fatality to happen.

Manitowoc has opened its National Crane Modification Centre, specializing in the modification of boom trucks, with the aim of streamlining the process and producing faster turnaround times for customers. The…

Jerry Longtin, general manager of Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau (CICB), based in the USA, talks to IC about training and certification opportunities in the country and worldwide. CICB offers…

A full mini bus struck the overhanging boom of parked Rough Terrain crane in Thailand this morning. Thankfully and amazingly, no one was seriously hurt. A full mini bus struck…

The boom of a runaway crane brought down numerous overhead cables and telegraph poles in Bangkok, early on Saturday, causing damage to seven cars and one house as well as…

The operator of the luffing jib tower crane that caught fire and collapsed in Sydney, Australia last month has received a bravery award along with two of his colleagues. The…

Have you ever challenged the safety of a lift because the crane’s outrigger pad was breaking free of its supporting surface? In construction slang, it appeared that the crane was “getting light” or ready to tip. Maybe. Maybe not.

Liebherr is rebranding its CPCS training school at its UK headquarters as Liebherr Training Services.

Lately there’s been a lot of chatter in the industry about OSHA requiring operators to be certified by type and capacity.