During an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection, the OSHA official, escorted by management, will tour the facility or construction site to observe working conditions, ...

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 operators of a Harbor Bridge project crane that malfunctioned and caught fire last year have reached a settlement with federal safety officials, agreeing to comply with approved procedures and ...

UNDER CURRENT U.S. regulations, overhead cranes must be inspected once per year and hook, hoist chains and wire ropes inspected monthly. A certified record that the work inspections have been ...

To coincide with the proposed rule on Cranes and Derricks in Construction published in the Federal Register, OSHA has initiated a National Crane Safety Initiative to address safety hazards during ...

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 ...

Four fines totaling $62,500 leveled by federal safety officials against the operators of a Harbor Bridge project crane that malfunctioned and burned last year have been challenged and an appeal ...

The circumstances surrounding a tower crane mishap and fire associated with the new Harbor Bridge project are the subject of multiple ongoing investigations, including by federal regulators, according ...