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.
We have updated our earlier report on the administration of UK based E.S.Access during the day here is a summary.
15.10.2010
UK-based aerial lift rental specialist E.S. Access Platforms has been placed in adminstration this morning.