The failure of a $40 rigging sling, torn and tattered from years of misuse, was the apparent cause of the East Side crane collapse that killed seven in March, a federal probe reveals. The synthetic ...

When people think about crane accidents, they often assume the machinery itself has failed. In reality, many incidents occur ...

Investigators in New York City are focusing on what happened during the jump of a 205-ft-tall tower crane on March 15 when workers apparently lost control of a six-ton bracing collar at the 18th floor ...

After four weeks of technical testimony about a deadly crane collapse, a prosecutor tried Monday to focus a judge’s attention on the piece of evidence that has been the center of the prosecution’s ...

I was recently asked a question relating to the installation of a long beam. The beam was to be lifted with one crane using a pair of slings and it had to be installed with one end lower than the ...

What are the common causes of crane accidents? Cranes are fundamental to various industries, including construction and manufacturing. Operating heavy equipment like cranes involves risks that can ...

Work again has stopped on the Royal Adelaide Hospital construction site after another incident involving cranes. The building consortium says a load being lifted from level four dislodged from a sling ...

A construction worker was killed and another one badly injured when a sling broke, causing the basket of a crane suspended in the air to collapse on Rama II Road in Bang Khunthian district of Bangkok ...

...operation, sending a worker falling 39 stories to his death. A brace was also knocked loose in that accident. That mishap, and perhaps the New York City one as well, spurred Miami-Dade County ...