OSHA has settled with Mass Bay Electrical over a fatal crane/platform overturning incident in 2014
12.01.2016
New York crane owner James Lomma has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in face of $96 million compensation claim
07.01.2016
UK based Baldwins Crane Hire has been fined £700,000 plus £200,000 in costs after being found guilty of corporate manslaughter for the death of its operator Lindsay Easton
22.12.2015 6
New Zealand’s EWPA has advised members today all new or used aerial work platforms imported into the country must comply with the AS/NZS1418:10 standard
18.11.2015
Saudi Arabia has issued new rules for tower cranes and crawler/mobile cranes with luffing jib combinations
11.11.2015 1
The corporate manslaughter trial of UK crane company Baldwins has been hearing from the prosecution
03.11.2015
The UK will begin the prosecution of Baldwins Crane Hire for corporate manslaughter in October
30.09.2015
Liebherr has inspected and cleared the LR11350 that went over in Mecca on Sept 11th of any technical faults
23.09.2015
Joseph F. Apuzzo, Terex CFO from 1999 to 2002, has been fined $100,000 for fraudulent deals with United Rentals
22.09.2015
Two UK companies have been fined £435,000 following a fatal fall when a man climbed out of a boom lift platform
08.09.2015
US securities lawyers are ‘investigating’ whether Terex directors made the best deal in the Konecranes merger
18.08.2015
A New York Jury has ordered Jimmy Lomma to pay $95.8 million to two men who died in a 2008 crane collapse
03.08.2015
A woman driving a stolen aerial lift was involved in a 45 minute police chase in Lexington, Kentucky today
03.07.2015
Most of us have mixed feelings about regulations, but could the constantly changing rules covering engine emissions be having a positive effect on crane, aerial lift and telehandler design?
27.06.2015
The families of two men who died when a tower crane collapsed in New York in 2008 have won a key ruling in the civil case against crane owner Jimmy Lomma
02.06.2015 4
The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled in favour of an aerial lift manufacturer in a case of intentional misuse of a Genie AWP
18.05.2015 1
Manitowoc has won its patent infringement case against Sany blocking some of its cranes from the U.S. market
16.04.2015
A scissor lift owned by UK rental company AFI was stolen this weekend but quicky recovered due to its tracker
31.03.2015
The HSE is finally prosecuting a company and its owner for the fatal tower crane collapse in Battersea in 2006.
17.02.2015
A UK court has ruled that a spider lift which overturned while trimming trees was not fit for purpose.
14.01.2015
Hertz has confirmed that it is unable to file its quarterly report while investigations continue
13.11.2014
In Singapore the Ministry of Manpower has taken action against 79 companies following ‘Operation Goldcrest’
11.11.2014
French aerial lift manufacturer EGI Platforms has been caught fraudulently claiming to be an IPAF member
07.10.2014 1
The union UCATT is balloting crane operators at UK tower crane specialist HTC in a dispute over pay UPDATED
07.10.2014
