A crane operator is in prison having smashed into several cars on the Long Island Expressway, New York
12.07.2018 1
The SC&RA has responded to OSHA's draft clarification notice on crane operator certification
12.07.2018
Over the past week or two there have been several fraudulent attempts to rent/take aerial lifts and telehandlers
03.07.2018
Australia’s Construction Commission is taking legal action against union officials for interfering with crane operations
28.06.2018 1
Next month the UK exemption for the plating/inspection of truck mounted lifts and cranes on commercial chassis ends
17.04.2018
Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% import tariff on steel is starting to put pressure on crane prices
08.03.2018
Singapore’s Jurong Shipyard was fined $230,000 for the inadequate maintenance of a boom lift
09.01.2018
Manitowoc Crane has won another stage in its legal battle with Sany for stealing trade secrets.
19.12.2017
BSi has released the revised code of practice for the safe use of aerial lifts and mast climbers
03.11.2017
A report on a fatal traffic incident involving a Franna AT 20 is highly critical and calls for changes in the law
30.10.2017 1
A court in Saudi Arabia has acquitted those charged with negligence in the 2015 Mecca crane overturn
03.10.2017
Exemption from an annual road safety inspection for large truck mounted lifts and HGV mounted cranes is to end
18.09.2017
In the UK the owner of bricklaying company has been jailed for eight months for trying sell a boom lift he had rented
18.08.2017 1
Martin Gutaj of UK contractor Martinisation has been jailed for 14 months following a fatal incident
12.07.2017 1
Whirlpool UK has been fined £700,000 after a man died at one of its plants when his platform overturned.
22.03.2017
Osha has ruled that an underbridge platform overturn was caused by it over extending - who is to blame?
17.01.2017
A crane operator has been charged with manslaughter following a fatal incident in near Sacramento, California in 2014
02.01.2017
A defendant in the trial over the fatal crane incident at the Grand Mosque, Mecca claims the crane was unlicensed
29.12.2016
Police in Orem, Utah, arrested a man driving a boom lift while ‘under the influence’ on Sunday night
16.12.2016 1
Operator error has been blamed as the sole cause of the fatal crawler crane overturn in Manhattan in February.
10.12.2016 4
A man in the UK who stole a 4x4 and trailer lift was banned from driving following a high speed police chase
02.12.2016
A man in UK, Ben Goodman, posing as an employee of Bam Nuttall, has been trying to rent a 60ft boom be warned- it is a Fraud! UPDATED
24.10.2016
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favour of Manitowoc in its patent infringement and trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit against Sany
14.10.2016
Cargotec, owner of Hiab and Kalmar, faces damages of $13 million for breaching a confidentiality agreement
11.10.2016