OSHA has announced a final rule aimed at clarifying requirements for crane requirements. The rule maintains the employer’s duty to ensure that crane operators can safely operate the equipment and ...

The Occupational Safety and Heath Administration published the final version of its new crane rule on Nov. 9, which covers training and certification for crane operators. The rule is a revision of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Testing crane operators by the capacity and type of machine to be used—which is required under today's federal crane rules—provides meaningful qualification of an operator's skill set. Without that, ...

OSU and the Columbus, Ohio, OSHA office hosted this fourth annual safety event in the Fawcett Center on the OSU campus. The event attracted approximately 300 people and offered educational sessions in ...

Have you ever looked up at a construction site and wondered just how safe those cranes are? If you have, you certainly are not alone. Since the highly publicized collapse of two tower cranes in New ...

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently issued an equipment/safety hazard alert about an incident in which a mechanic sustained injuries when the boom of his service-truck’s ...

The 2018 crane rule from OSHA provided a framework for establishing operator competency for the construction industry. The operator must be: Trained + Certified/Licensed + Evaluated = Qualified. In ...

Although the new OSHA Final Rule governing the use of “Cranes and Derricks in Construction” has been in effect since November 8, 2010, we’re finding that some contractors who use lifting equipment in ...