All Crane Safety Equipment Articles

Extreme terrain outrigger pads complete test
Composite Advantage, in California, USA, has completed performance testing on FiberRigg, a high-performance fibreglass composite crane outrigger pad designed for extreme conditions
Safety in sight from Orlaco
Netherlands-based construction company Dura Vermeer has equipped 20 of its tower cranes with Orlaco's newest monitoring system to improve onsite safety. The wireless auto focus zoom camera system is fitted to the trolley
Welex expands in Europe
Netherlands-based Crane mat producer Welex has opened offices in the UK and Germany
Heavy traffic
Dynamic anti-collision and zoning systems are a vital safety aid for 14 tower cranes on a Paris construction site
Safe operation of truck mounted knuckle boom cranes
Accurate calculation of axle loads and stability is vital for safe operation of truck mounted knuckle boom cranes
Bifocal safety eyewear
To meet the needs of an aging workforce, Gateway Safety offers two styles of bifocal safety eyewear, each in four dioptre strengths: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5
Sound investment
Beacons and sounders manufacturer E2S has developed the General Purpose Horn (GPH), which, it says, is a reliable, long-lived electronic alternative to electromechanical warning devices
Breaking your fall
Each year in the UK five workers are killed and about 2,000 seriously injured in falls from vehicles, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Most of them are low falls from the load areas of heavy goods vehicles.
Locked off
Castell Iso-Lok in has developed a new padlock to ensure that machines out of service cannot be restarted until all personnel have completed their work on the machine.
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