Two cranes dropped a massive concrete beam they were lifting for an elevated highway at San Antonio airport after a boom collapsed.
01.04.2007
Durham County Council has been fined a total of £20,000 plus more than £3,000 in costs after a mobile crane it had rented turned over.
30.03.2007
Bradgate Containers was hit with £11,600 of fines, compensation and costs this week for contravening the work at height rules, after an employee fell off a ladder.
A man died yesterday in Liverpool England after a mobile crane tipped over
A Southport company and a self employed subcontractor were charged £17,245 in fines and costs today after a man was electrocuted when a crane came into contact with overhead cables.
A man using an aerial lift at the University of Massachusetts died yesterday after he was crushed between an overhead beam and his aerial lift.
A 100 metre plus tower crane collapsed in downtown Shanghai yesterday when the jib pendants apparently failed while the crane was being dismantled.
29.03.2007
A telescopic tower type marine crane dropped its boom onto a shed yesterday after developing a hydraulic leak.
SafeWorks, the parent of Power Climber and Spider suspended platforms has appointed Joe Salter as its HR director.
JLG has appointed two new vice presidents and a new training director
28.03.2007
Gary Crook returns to UpRight as senior design engineer.
Haulotte has confirmed 2006 revenues of €519 million with net income of €60 million and firms outlook for 2007
The Tanfield group, owner of UpRight powered access has announced an 83% increase in revenues with sharply improved profits.
The UK HSE is planning to conduct inspections of large steel erection projects later this year to check if companies are managing their aerial lift use correctly.
27.03.2007
Plant theft is down for the first time in 12 years.
Locatelli will launch a new two axle 40 tonne city crane at Bauma in addition to its 60 tonne RT.
26.03.2007
Three newly developed hybrid transfer cranes have been ordered.
Zhenhua Port Machinery plans to sell 200 million shares to fund expansion.
The Dubai Cranes and Technical Services Company has started operations.
For those of you who doubted that the Manitowoc group would get its radial new Grove tower crane into production here it is in the iron.
The monorail train that runs from Tokyo’s Haneda airport to city hit a crane yesterday trapping 130 passengers.
California based Bigger Crane &Rigging has entered the tower crane market.
25.03.2007
Aerial lift manufacturer, Snorkel has promoted George Fitchett to director of North American sales.
24.03.2007
Demag Cranes AG has appointed a new board member.
23.03.2007
