UK crane rental company Winterlift has appointed an administrator and ceased trading.
15.03.2010 1
The UK’s HSE has confirmed that it will enforce the new RCL override arrangements regardless of the delays to EN13000:2010.
11.03.2010 2
Jimmy Lomma, owner of New York Crane & Equipment and Lomma crane rental faces manslaughter charges.
07.03.2010
Australian regulators have published interim safety device requirements for MEWPS that include overload systems from 2011.
24.02.2010
A follow up report to the news that the Rowes have set up a new company to take over from PSS.
24.02.2010 1
Russian newspapers have published reports of a raid and investigation into access rental company LTech
19.02.2010
A telehandler accident that injured an employee has cost a UK contractor nearly £7,000 in fines and costs.
23.01.2010
The owner of Elite cranes and ex member of Melbourne’s underworld Mick Gatto, is being investigated for assault and coercion.
17.01.2010
Keep an eye out for a JCB 540/170 telehandler, stolen last night in Weston Super Mare in the UK.
13.01.2010
Italy has appealed against publication of the new loader crane standard EN1299-2009.
10.01.2010
We have had a number of calls concerning PSS, the UK lifting and training company owned by the Rowe family.
06.01.2010
OSHA, has revealed its Top-10 list of safety violations in USA during 2009.
03.01.2010 1
Washington State’s construction crane certification deadline is tomorrow, the majority remain unregistered.
31.12.2009
A second law firm has filed a law suit against Terex for possible securities violations.
28.12.2009
The law firm of Izard Nobel has announced that it has filed a lawsuit seeking class action status against Terex.
22.12.2009
Three men have been arrested as part of a fraud investigation into the supply of aerial lifts to Darlington Borough Council, in the UK.
18.12.2009
Safeworks, the suspended platform manufacturer and rental company has lost its legal battle against Spyderlift, the Unic crane distributor in the USA.
15.12.2009
A telehandler operator has been jailed for 21 months in the UK for gross negligence, following a fatal accident in 2007.
13.12.2009
FASET, the association for fall arrest and safety nets, has published new standards for testing and repairing safety nets
10.12.2009
A federal judge has appointed a former prosecutor to head New York's tower crane union investigation
01.12.2009
John Milne, previously president of United Rentals has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to falsify the company’s books and faces 27 months in prison
14.10.2009
The UK HSE has announced that it will prosecute PC Harrington Contractors for the fatal lifting accident at Wembley stadium in 2004.
26.02.2009
A South Carolina contractor has been fined for numerous violations, including the removal of boom stops, resulting in a crane accident this summer.
05.12.2008
The operator of the tower crane involved in the fatal collapse in Bellevue, Seattle in 2006 is suing a local newspaper for defamation.
25.11.2008
