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CRANE ACCIDENTS: CAUSE AND AVOIDANCE

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The construction industry ranks highly in both the frequency and severity of accidents that occur in the workplace. This is understandable, as the industry is a leading employer that utilizes powerful machines to move great loads over heights and distances. Consideration of safety has become so essential, that regulatory bodies…
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CHOOSING THE RIGHT BUCKET TRUCKS FOR YOUR JOB

Industry News
Bucket trucks, also called boom trucks, are versatile pieces of mechanical equipment employed in several industries such as agriculture, construction, warehousing, forestry, electric, and utility. As the name implies, their base is a (diesel or gasoline-powered/hybrid) truck, fixed with a boom, with a man-carrying bucket or platform attached to the…
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Front-End Loader/Backhoe Safety

Heavy Equipment Training
The earliest recorded appearance of a tractor unit equipped with a front loader and a ‘back hoe’ is in 1953 in the United Kingdom by inventor Joseph C. Bamford. That first machine that Joe Bamford built started out as a general-purpose farm tractor. Joe added the two most useful tools…
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MOBILE CRANE SAFETY AND TRAINING

Safety and Training Tips
Mobile cranes are efficient utilities that greatly improve efficiency in lifting jobs across a variety of work sites at different scales. Unfortunately, it is common to see that crane operators and their employers do not show sufficient competence when it comes to safely executing crane operation projects. This is majorly…
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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Safety and Training Tips
Construction and industry are core parts of today’s world. With their growth and development, both the necessity and awareness to carry out work in these industries safely have become essential. In turn, safety equipment, protocols, and procedures have been implemented worldwide, and even integrated into law. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…
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MOBILE ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS / AERIAL WORK PLATFORMS

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Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs), formerly known as aerial work platforms enable personnel to access work areas at moderate heights. Due to their versatility and wide application in use of MEWPs, ANSI (American National Standards Institute), the national standards and regulations authority, revised policies and standards that employers and equipment…
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OSHA HARD HAT REGULATIONS 2023

Industry News
Ever since their invention in 1919 as the ‘Hard Boiled Hat’, hard hats have proven themselves invaluable in protecting their wearers’ heads. Their effectiveness is so significant that governments and safety regulation authorities around the world -such as OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) have made it necessary by law…
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LOAD CHARTS: PLANNING A LIFT

Forklift Operator, Industry News
Heavy equipment manufacturers always include several articles of reading and reference material for the proper use of their implements. Important among these is the load chart. It entails load capacities for lifts (with an emphasis on load limits) when the equipment is in different configurations of operation. This information is…
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MOBILE CRANE ACCIDENTS

Mobile Crane Operator Training
Accidents in the workplace are unfortunately inevitable. The means to cope with this hard fact is to mitigate the effects of these accidents. Mobile cranes, a core component of the heavy and construction industries’ equipment range, are no exception to experiencing accidents. These accidents may lead to the damage of…
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