Safety

“If they had stuck to their verbal agreement, none of this (action) would need to have happened,” the CFMEU say. “Instead, they knowingly had information in relation to safety tests on the crane and withheld it.”

Alliance Scale, Canton, Mass., has introduced a heavy-duty, portable crane scale with a wireless remote control for a wide range of material-handling applications.

A crane driver had a miraculous escape yesterday in West Hollywood, California after his pick & carry crane overturned into the lower levels of a new building.

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has launch its new Committed to Crane Safety program, which was dveloped by NCCCO to recognize employers who have demonstrated their commitment to safety by hiring CCO-certified personnel.

A mobile crane overturned yesterday on the top of Toppu Dam in Hokkaido, Northern Japan and hung over the edge of the dam with the operator trapped inside the upside down cab.

31 companies have been fined in Singapore in the governments for first crack down on poor safety practices during lifting operations.

Loader and hydraulic crane manufacturer HMF has announced the launch of its new crane, HMF 3220‐K, with characteristics that are suitable for haulier applications.

The boom of a crane being transported slewed in to the road and caught a school bus in Hillsboro, Oregon yesterday.

There have been several recent protests about the number of workers who have died or been injured while working on tower cranes.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals workers wondering what the view will look like out their office windows after the Cambridge firm’s big move to Fan Pier should ask Chris Rand. But they might have to climb up 18 stories to find him.