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Jib Crane Motorization System helps reduce worker back injuries

  
  
  
  
Roto-Mate™ Jib Crane Motorization Kits provide powered rotation to new or existing, wall-mounted or freestanding jib cranes with up to 10 ton loads. Motorized rotation can help reduce or eliminate injuries resulting from workers trying to start or stop motion of swinging crane. READ MORE. (Source: thomasnet.com)
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Health and safety tops oil and gas industry’s risk agenda

  
  
  
  
Health, safety and environment are at the top of oil and gas industry’s risk agenda, according to a new report. READ MORE. (Source: energylivenews.com)

Crane safety is focus of OSHA emphasis program in the Northwest

  
  
  
  
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a program aimed at reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with the operation of cranes in construction, general industry and maritime operations for employers under federal OSHA jurisdiction in Idaho, Alaska, Washington and Oregon. READ MORE. (Source: osha.gov)
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Safety devices for the lifting industry

  
  
  
  
Cranes on site present many potentially hazardous and dangerous situations. An example that can afflict all cranes with a hoist line is known as two-blocking. It occurs during hoisting when the hook assembly comes into contact with the boom point sheave assembly during a lift. READ MORE. (Source: khl.com/magazines)
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OSHA: Tragic crane accident could have been avoided

  
  
  
  
The death of a worker who was crushed by a crane could have been avoided if the employer had followed the manufacturer’s requirements for operating and maintaining the equipment. READ MORE. (Source: safety.blr.com)
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Caterpillar Backs Eye-Tracking Device That Helps Keep Drivers Awake

  
  
  
  
Feeling drowsy while operating heavy machinery? Industrial and construction equipment maker Caterpillar is working on a way to combat nodding off for workers who may be pulling 10- or 12-hour shifts. READ MORE. (Source: redorbit.com)
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United Rentals assists with Oklahoma tornado cleanup

  
  
  
  
28 May 2013 - Aerial work platforms, telehandlers, power and HVAC equipment has been supplied by United Rentals to assist in the cleanup following the tornado that ripped through Moore, OK last week. READ MORE. (Source: khl.com/magazines)

OSHA to postpone compliance deadline for new crane operator certification rules

  
  
  
  
OSHA has announced its intent to extend the deadline for compliance with its new crane operator certification rules by three years to November 10, 2017. READ MORE. (Source: equipmentworld.com)
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LEEA Issues New Guidance on Using Hand Chain Blocks

  
  
  
  
The LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) has modified its guidance on the use of hand chain hoists at an angle to the vertical. While previously advising against any such use, the new guidance reflects the fact that some hand chain hoists are now designed to be used in this manner. READ MORE. (Source: wireropeexchange.wordpress.com)

Shell Moves Forward on World’s Deepest Offshore Oil Platform

  
  
  
  
Royal Dutch Shell announced this week a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. This decision sets in motion the construction and fabrication of a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel and subsea infrastructure. READ MORE. (Source: wireropeexchange.wordpress.com)
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