The Connecticut Department of Public Safety arrested a man for performing an illegal crane operation yesterday.
11.05.2011 1
A brand new Niftylift 120SD Bi-Energy has been stolen from a site in London SE16 – UK if you see it please call.
09.05.2011
A Chicago area steel erector has been fined $75,000 for failing to use lanyards and fall protection in a boom lift.
06.05.2011
The operator of the tower crane that collapsed in Bellevue in November 2006 has been awarded $1.45 million.
05.05.2011
As we write and comment on quoted companies we have decided to implement a statement of impartiality.
16.04.2011
A crane operator has been fined £2,500 and his employer £4,500 following a fatal accident in the UK in 2007.
11.04.2011
An organisation called UANI has launched a campaign to stop companies selling cranes to Iran, where they are used for public executions.
16.03.2011 2
A Perth court has fined two directors of D&G Cranes $45,000 each and the company $90,000 for a fatal accident in 2007.
11.03.2011
The Canadian Police are looking for a fraudulent crane inspector who has scammed cranes owners out of $40,000.
06.03.2011
We have received reports of at least five chassis failures on Land Rovers fitted with platforms.
18.02.2011
A judge has upheld criminal manslaughter charges against New York crane owner James Lomma and mechanic Tibor Varganyi.
16.02.2011
JLG has announced that it is equipping its telehandler range with a patented longtitudinal overload device.
03.02.2011
Singapore’s High Court has held an engineer liable for a tower crane collapse that killed three people.
01.02.2011
UK-based crane rental company Bryn Thomas Cane Hire Ltd has appointed an administrator - BDO .
21.01.2011
A lawsuit filed by the SEC against former Terex CFO Joseph Apuzzo has been dismissed in district court.
23.12.2010
Hochtief Construction AG has been fined £266,000 following a fatal accident with a telehandler in Scotland in 2008.
22.12.2010
The driver of a crane that crashed into a sheriff's car, seriously injuring a deputy in September has been cited.
18.12.2010
A Californian company has been fined $17,550 for an electrical accident that killed one employee and injured another.
10.12.2010
Terex has vowed to fight a US patent verdict against a side conveyor on some of its Powerscreen machines.
07.12.2010
A reader spotted a video on YouTube showing a scissor lift used as a mode of transport– is it real or is it staged?
01.12.2010
The UK’s NASC has issued a report that is highly critical of scaffold permit checks by local authorities.
03.11.2010
Michael Nolan, former CFO of United Rentals has been sentenced to three years’ probation.
A new CEN Working Group has been formed to develop a European standard for transport platforms.
18.10.2010
JCB has agreed a settlement with an “Asian manufacturer” regarding the copying of its 3CX backhoe loader.
