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An untrained operator attempted to reposition a telehandler on uneven ground while three workers were being lifted on a pallet. (Story on Heavy Lift News) Aerial lifts are designed to lift workers safely to elevated workplaces. Although not specifically designed...
Read MoreTwo workers were killed in Winters, California when the personnel basket they were in fell 80 feet. Cal OSHA cited Disney Construction for $106,100 after finding that The cranes involved were not properly inspected Workers were not trained They did not...
Read MoreCranes & Access reported on a crane overturn in Lichtenstein, Germany in March. The crane was traveling close to the embankment of a stream when the swinging load (a large concrete panel) caused the crane to overturn. Some cranes can lift without...
Read MoreHeavy Lift News reported on an incident in the UK where an all-terrain crane's outrigger damaged three cars. There are two sides to every story: the factual one, and the side of the person who did something wrong or made a...
Read MoreRecently Heavy Lift News published the editorial Those Who Fail to Learn the Lessons of History Are Doomed to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past. We are not sure you can call them mistakes, and we sure can't call them accidents. Cranes...
Read MoreIn May Cranes & Access reported that a boom truck overturned in New Jersey. It appears to have been caused by all the wrong conditions: the crane was In the grass Near power lines Boom over the front 0% outriggers Even if...
Read MoreA sling is a tool, designed to do certain things well. There is no perfect sling that will do every lifting job well (if there was we would only need one type!). But for many riggers their "one" would be synthetic, which will outlift...
Read MoreIn May a boom lift overturned in New York. The operator suffered a broken wrist as well as facial and rib injuries, but thankfully he was not thrown from the platform and was rescued by the local fire department. An...
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