For the third year, the Crane Operator Rodeo competition returns this fall with a new twist: Operators across the country will compete in their region before heading to the final event in Orlando, Fla. The national championship will take place October 27-28 at the Ritchie Bros. Sign Up To Compete in the Regional Rodeo Qualifiers Auctioneer’s facility in Davenport, […]
Around 3,000 people from all over the world were expected over two days at the Liebherr-Werk Ehingen factory in Germany on 13 and 14 June. This was the fifth Customer Open Days event since 1999. Highlights included the launch of a 220 tonne capacity crawler crane, presentation of the new 750 tonne capacity wheeled mobile […]
Terex Cranes is making moves to strengthen its presence in Latin America through dedicated sales, service, replacement part support, and local manufacturing. "Our strengthened structure of the crane segment in the region will help us better deliver our customer responsiveness value proposition in all aspects of our customer’s business – improved availability of products, outstanding parts […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today renewed its Alliance with Altec Industries Inc. to continue working together to protect workers from fall, electrocution, tip-over and other hazards related to operating and maintaining cranes, chippers, digger derricks and insulated and non-insulated aerial devices including tree care devices. "OSHA is continuing its Alliance with Altec Industries Inc. to help […]
We often learn from our surroundings. By taking a page from other folk’s playbooks, we can start to appreciate new solutions to old problems. Standard rigging generally calls for two to four slings rigged from the crane hook to the load. Either the slings connect directly to a pad eye or manufactured connector like a […]
Grove and JLG veteran Paul Shockey passed away last week at the age of 89. Paul Kenneth Shockey was a native of Maryland and started his career at Landis Tool in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, later moving to Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1959 he joined the Grove brothers at Grove manufacturing as the company’s first […]
On September 12, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) hosted a roundtable with OSHA, industry, labor and certification organizations to discuss the issue of requiring crane operators to be certified at different levels based on type and capacity of equipment. In a May 2012 FAQ sheet, OSHA interpreted the regulation to mean that all certification […]
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. The veteran tower crane operator has been perched high above the Vertex headquarters project for months, […]
Each year thousands of workers are injured and 225 die from construction-related falls. In order to provide additional tools to prevent worker injuries and fatalities in the construction industry, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is joining with OSHA and NIOSH to support a new Fall Prevention Campaign. The national campaign to raise awareness […]
