Cranes are useful machinery essential in many projects. However, their use also brings hazards. In 2020, there were 490 cases of non-fatal incidents involving cranes that caused workers to miss work, ...

Master rigger Mike Parnell walks up to a rack and picks up what looks like a giant rubber band. In reality, it is a 10-ft-long, 2-in.-wide lifting sling made of thin, yellow nylon webbing. Parnell ...

OSHA has cited Schuylkill Products Inc. in Cressona, Pa., for alleged workplace safety and health violations, proposing $65,800 in penalties. The agency initiated an investigation on March 4 in ...

Cranes are essential for moving heavy beams and erecting multi-story structures. But failing to operate a crane safely can result in property damage, injury and even death. The U.S. Occupational ...

Tough, appropriate legislation to regulate construction-crane safety in Washington is headed for Gov. Christine Gregoire’s signature. A tragic death last November in Bellevue got the state off the ...

Safety doesn't just happen; you must recognize the potential hazards, then work to mitigate them. With cranes, the biggest risks include tipovers, electrocution and bystanders getting crushed by loads ...

Among the most useful pieces of equipment found in construction projects are mobile cranes. If the job requires large, heavy materials to be hoisted, transported, or moved, you’ll likely use a mobile ...

A subsidiary of Manitowoc Crane has been cited for exposing workers to safety hazards at the Shady Grove plant where three employees were fatally injured in the collapse of a 300-ton crane in February ...

Mayor de Blasio announced new rules Sunday to boost crane safety following Friday’s deadly collapse in Tribeca — as the man killed in the horror was eulogized by his shattered widow. Starting Monday, ...

A construction worker died yesterday after being crushed in a crane high above a building site near Annapolis in an accident that comes as state officials are looking for ways to tighten safety ...

(CBS News) Aconstruction crane remains dangling from the top of an unfinished luxury high rise 700 feet above midtown Manhattan on Wednesday. The crane partially collapsed due to high winds during ...