Mistakes, Accidents, or Incidents?
Recently 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 don't ... Read More
Albeit a Big One, It's Still Just a Boom Truck
In 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 th... Read More
Be Safe with Aerial Lifts
In 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 aerial lift works on the leverage... Read More
Sling Deterioration
A 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 outl... Read More
