Tibor Varganyi the mechanic involved in the fatal New York tower crane failure in May 2008 has been sentenced.
13.08.2012
The EU has issued a statement that effectively exempts crane operators from the Driver CPC directive.
07.08.2012
If you are based in the UK you can still comment on a new British Standard for crane inspections.
25.07.2012
OSHA is restricting the use of proximity devices from next week as the sole power line warning for cranes.
19.07.2012
A 2007 UpRight AB38 self-propelled boom lift, Serial No 3766 has been stolen from a yard in Parma, Italy.
18.07.2012
USA based crane operator certification company NCCCO is to issue colour-coded CCO cards.
04.07.2012
Terex Cranes has launched the CTL 650 F45 luffing jib tower crane marking its entry into heavy luffing jib cranes.
30.06.2012
Japanese crane and access manufacturer Tadano has fired a vice president at Tadano America for embezzling over $9 million.
11.06.2012
SafeWork Australia is looking for public comment on its draft code of practice governing equipment supply.
07.06.2012
UK based Fairview Crane Hire has finally ceased trading as the directors focus on other businesses.
24.05.2012
The owner of a trailer lift and the engineer who inspected it have been charged with Negligent Homicide in Norway
Romanian access rental company T&T Solutions has been declared insolvent and a trustee appointed.
A New York judge has put an end to an attempt by tower crane erector William Rapetti to get his licenses back.
21.05.2012
The on-going legal battle between Valla cranes and JMG and its owners has now been settled.
A crane operator was stabbed to death on Saturday by a rival for cutting rental rates in Coimbatore, India.
20.05.2012
The sentences for the 2009 tower crane collapse in Liverpool, UK, have totalled around £480,000.
13.05.2012 1
A follow up to the PTS Hire bankruptcy, the previous owners look set to pick up the assets and start again.
30.04.2012 4
In the past 10 days we have had several calls regarding UK crane man Lee Rowe and a move to Canada.
29.04.2012 9
Two thieves who stole a trailer lift in Fife, Scotland have been jailed after they were caught with the help of U-Tube.
27.04.2012
Jimmy Lomma has been acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges for the fatal collapse of one of his tower cranes in New York in 2008.
26.04.2012
UK rental company Plant Access and Tool Solutions Ltd, which trades as PTS Hire has filed for insolvency.
11.04.2012 3
OSHA has cited Bath Iron Works of Maine, with $171,300 of fines for breaking safety rules, including using aerial lifts without harnesses.
02.04.2012
Malta’s Health and Safety Authority has said that it will carry out random inspections of tower cranes.
In the USA federal OSHA has cited telephone conglomerate Verizon for the maximum fine of $140,700
20.03.2012