A crane operator was severely burnt on Monday after his crane touched power lines in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
29.09.2010
A reader in London spotted three men erecting a façade scaffold and felt it qualified as a Death Wish.
UK based Aerial Platforms has signed an exclusive deal with Teupen dealer Ranger for a new spider lift fleet.
29.09.2010 1
A man was seriously injured last week in Choctaw, Oklahoma after a boom section landed on him.
28.09.2010 1
Tanfield, owner of Snorkel has completed its rights issue, selling 20 million new shares.
28.09.2010
A 240 ton All Terrain crane went over last week at a Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Terex is seeking an amendment to its bank credit facility to lift some of the more restrictive covenants.
Manitowoc has appointed UN Maskinservice as the dealer for Grove mobile cranes in Denmark.
27.09.2010
A man clearing his gutters of leaves last week, could hardly have found a more dangerous technique.
27.09.2010 2
Richard Gould of Oktopus UK has changed the name of his businesses and established new companies.
Here are a few more pictures from the second Verticaaldagen access, crane and telehandler event.
Demag/Gottwald and REFU Elektronik have received government funding to explore more efficient drive trains.
Spotted in a small town in Slovakia four men using some of the most basic of equipment.
26.09.2010
The second Verticaaldagen exhibition attracted a solid turnout from the access industry and chalked up a number of new orders.
25.09.2010
A crane went over on Friday in Austin Texas, after the ground gave way under its rear outriggers.
25.09.2010 1
A mobile crane tipped over at a ConocoPhillips site in Hartford, Illinois on Thursday injuring the operator.
Dovebid is selling 64 mast climbing work platforms by auction, with final bids due the middle of next month.
23.09.2010
Manitowoc has announced the introduction of a new 150 ton/135 tonne two axle Rough Terrain crane, the Grove RT9150E
Camoplast has acquired construction and material handling tyre, wheel and rubber track company Solideal.
23.09.2010 1
Terex has won an $18.9 million contract for 200 TX51-19MD, 5,000 lb. telehandlers for the Marine Corps
Manitowoc has appointed Dave Hull as senior vice president of sales and marketing in North America.
22.09.2010
Oil States Industries, has agreed a JV with G&T Oilfield and Offshore to manufacture Nautilus cranes in India.
West coast USA based Coast Crane Company, the crane and access sales and rental company has filed for Chapter 11.
A man died in Melbourne, Australia last week after he was catapulted from the platform of a boom lift.
