by Crane Market | Jun 13, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
In September 2006 a crane operator, Jonathan Cloke, 37, died after falling from a crane as it collapsed on a site in London. Part of the crane fell on to a member of the public, Michael Alexa, 23, causing fatal injuries. Southwark Crown Court heard how sections of the...
by Crane Market | Jun 13, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Fatal Tribeca collapse triggered proposal for new data-logging gear; ‘It is a sensible thing’ The WSJ.com reports four months after a construction crane collapsed on a Manhattan Street in high winds, killing a pedestrian, a city panel has recommended cranes be...
by Crane Market | Jun 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
A hulking 1,400t capacity gantry crane, rigged with below-the-hook equipment from Modulift, has lifted nearly 100 transition pieces weighing 380t each onto barges in Poland for transportation to the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The crane, owned by...
by Crane Market | Jun 13, 2016 | Workforce News
The New York Times reports, a general contracting company was convicted of manslaughter and other charges on Friday in the death last year of a construction worker at a Lower Manhattan building site. Justice A. Kirke Bartley Jr. of State Supreme Court in Manhattan...
by Crane Market | Jun 13, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
As reported earlier, here many individuals and groups registered concern about a proposed Cincinnati Ordinance that would have banned cranes working within city limits if they were more than 20 years old. Several crane manufacturer groups argued successfully that...