Can simulators, a key tool in training operators on earthmoving equipment such as excavators, dozers, and backhoe loaders, be just as valuable for crane operators? Crane Industry Services (CIS), CM ...

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new rule for crane operation taking effect this month, the industry’s response has been less a panic over additional regulation than a sigh of ...

In an industry that is constantly evolving, it’s easy to see that the crane and rigging sector is undergoing a significant shift in how operator training is delivered, with technology playing a ...

More than 90 Bay State contractors and safety professionals recently received crane safety training under the auspices of an alliance between OSHA and the Construction Safety Roundtable of Eastern ...

U.S. Department of Labor statistics indicate that from 1984 to 1997 construction fatalities averaged about 1,150 individuals a year, of which crane-related fatalities averaged about 50 a year. It was ...

The National Safety Council partnered with the NCCCO Foundation to put out a report covering the safety issues in the crane industry. This report lays out some of the biggest safety risks, ways ...

A major push is underway in Cincinnati to improve safety measures for operating construction cranes.The effort would tighten several aspects of the industry in the city and has the support of a ...

Gov. Christine Gregoire’s top labor adviser met Tuesday with the state Senate’s labor-committee chairwoman to discuss possible new rules overseeing construction cranes. The meeting between Peter ...

The responsibility of operating a crane sporting a 300-foot boom in North America’s most densely populated setting makes a New York City (NYC) crane license one of the most difficult of its kind to ...

CRANE, Ind. -- Crane Army Ammunition Activity recently purchased and installed 37 Automated External Defibrillators in its buildings around the Crane base in an effort to improve the chances of ...