A company director in the UK has been jailed following the death of an employee while loading a spider lift.
02.09.2016 6
Directors at UK rental company Baldwins have had their right to hold a transport licence revoked
08.08.2016 7
A truck driver who caused the death of a crane operator has been spared jail thanks to an appeal from the widow
24.05.2016 1
US rental company Sims Crane & Equipment is appealing a decision on whether a spreader beam is a load or rigging
19.05.2016 2
The widow of the man killed in the crawler crane incident in New York in February is suing the city for $600 million
11.05.2016
Authorities have cleared Saudi Binladin Group, to start tendering for public building projects in the Kingdom again.
06.05.2016
Christopher Etheridge the owner of UK based D & R Pike Crane Hire has been disqualified as a director
22.03.2016 3
UK based Falcon Crane Hire has been handed down fines of £750,000 plus costs of £100,000
16.03.2016
A crane operator has been fined for overriding the LMI causing his crane to overturn whilst being intoxicated
08.03.2016 1
New York has appointed a ‘technical working group’with the aim of introducing new rules for crawler cranes
01.03.2016
UK based Falcon Crane Hire has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the Battersea tower crane collapse in 2006, after charges against MD Doug Genge were dropped.
29.02.2016 3
Time Export/Versalift is terminating its contract with Time France effective April first.
29.02.2016
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
