Ever wonder what you company’s exposure is to crane and rigging work? It is easy to understand the risk associated with lifting loads in crowded areas such as a construction site. Also, we realize there are projects like refinery and powerhouse outages that require load moving in areas that have significant potential for contact with […]
New York City is ordering contractors to lighten the weight carried by cranes across the city on the heels of an accident at the World Trade Center last month in which a crane cable snapped, dropping thousands of pounds of steel 40 stories and crushing a flatbed truck, according to DNAinfo.com. Until investigators determine why the TG-1900 tower […]
D&G cranes of Australia has issued a safety alert relating to a tower bolt failure on a Comedil CTT 561-A24 crane, working on a site in Canberra. Earlier this month a new tower bolt suffered a catastrophic failure, the crane was working at the time and the initial report suggested that the failure was caused […]
RigIT, LLC, maker of the RigIT iPhone Application, has incorporated Industrial Training International in their app by creating a Training Page. The RigIT mobile app was developed to give instant access to all necessary rigging capacity chart information. Every chart includes the three basic hitches and there load capacities including vertical, choker and basket hitches. Also included […]
Although still in its infancy, a major technological advancement in the safe use of aerial work platforms is having an impact on the access industry—and you probably didn’t even know it. While an operator being pinned or crushed between a stationary structure and a boom lift’s controls or top guard rail is not the industry’s […]
The Best Practice Guidance for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) was released by the UK-based Strategic Forum for Construction Plant Safety Group with the aim of avoiding trapping or crushing incidents when these machines are used in confined overhead spaces. IPAF has prepared a US edition of the above document, which was published in April 2011. See […]
Outriggers provide a solid platform for the crane's safe operation and efficient use when lifting a maximum capacity load. Operators and workers within a crane's radius must always be aware of how critical the placement and use of outriggers are to the crane's performance. Without this awareness they may place both themselves and the crane […]
MySafetySign.com has released new crane signs as safety tools for construction workers and operators. The selection of Crane Signs includes Danger and Caution to direct personnel on site stay clear of cranes in operation. The Crane Hoist Warning Signs indicate the proper hand signals for construction workers to direct cranes. The pictogram of a construction […]
According to a survey conducted by the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), the construction industry is a better place to work than it was a generation ago, with greater emphasis on crane safety, improved operator aids in cranes, and more available training. But there is still room for further improvement. NCCCO polled hundreds of […]
What is the number one component on an overhead crane inspection that gets missed the most? This is a question that had crossed my mind while trying to come up with an idea to write a presentation for the CCAA Spring Conference in San Diego. I had an idea in my mind of the answer […]
