On July 18, 2008, Deep South Crane & Rigging Co. gave just a few minutes of instruction to a crane operator unfamiliar with the controls of one of the world’s largest pedestal cranes, a VersaCrane TC-36000. Normally, training...

In November 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule on "Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Qualifications" (29 CFR 1926.1427(f)(6)). In sum, the new rule requires...

On May 30, a crane being operated by an employee of a contracting company hired by a Florida electric utility to install new utility poles on streets in Lauderhill (a community west of Ft. Lauderdale) tipped over. The crane's...

Recently I spoke with Neil Tolson, executive director of the Electrical Industry Certifications Association (EICA), about his organization and its recently accredited American National Standards Institute (ANSI) crane...