Group advancing development of national demonstration of skills test for mobile crane operators, a key trade serving many Canadian industries An industry committee led by the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table (Skills Table) is advancing the development of a voluntary, Canada-wide demonstration of skills test (DOST) for mobile crane operators, a key occupation serving many […]
Category Archives: Safety
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Mar
Mar
Last month, Liebherr published more information on the fatal crane incident in Brazil. Earlier, Mike Ponsonby wrote an open letter to CEO Marcelo Odebrecht. The new information from Liebherr also raises more questions. Below is the new open letter from Mike Ponsonby: Liebherr-Werk Gmbh of Ehingen, Germany, are to be congratulated for producing an Interim […]
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Feb
Feb
On 27 October 2013, two people died in a crane accident at the Itaquerao Stadium in São Paulo (see news report). All investigations conducted to date by the Liebherr crane experts (including those at the accident site) have shown that the Type LR 11350 crane had no technical defects and that instead the ground was […]
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Jan
Jan
On 27 November 2013, two people died in an crane accident at Sao Paulo’s stadium. Mike Ponsonby BA wrote an letter to CEO Marcelo Odebrecht, “as we need to improve Safety standards in the Crane Industry Worldwide, as these incidents are far too frequent“. ——– The letter (1-1-2014): ——– Dear Mr. Odebrecht, Time and Tide Wait […]
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Nov
Nov
Two people have died in an accident at Sao Paulo’s stadium. The moment the crane crashed down onto a World Cup stadium in Brazil was captured on camera. Read the entire story on the BBC Website
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Nov
Nov
The steel coil & bundles with each of them having about 2 t of weight, daily leave Al-Ezz Steel plant in Alexandria Egypt in great numbers. Recently, the largest steel producer in the Middle East has been relying on two new Sennebogen mobile cranes. Since the beginning of 2013, two mobile Sennebogen 640 M machines […]
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May
May
An apartment building in the Russian city of Kirov has been badly damaged after a large crane collapsed and fell onto it. When the wind blew, I saw the crane running on rails about 100 meters in the direction of the house. As soon as it bumped into the stop, it fell down onto the […]
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May
May
At Bauma 2013, a man was spotted riding the roof/top of the man basket on the hook of a Wolffkran tower crane.
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May
May
A crane boom collapse caused a heavy load to drop around 30 metres onto a van during the Bauma breakdown last week. Thanks to fast reactions from the operator and colleagues a man escaped unhurt from what would have been a life ending experience. The crane was dismantling an asphalt plant last Thursday at the […]
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