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| July 29, 2009 |
Vol. 6, Issue 14 |
Top Trainer Nominations Due Aug. 1
Crane Hot Line will again recognize the industry’s top trainers in an awards program to be featured in the November 2009 issue. The objective of the award is to publicly recognize both corporate and professional trainers who have excelled in their profession. Find complete nomination criteria online or email Tracy Bennett at tbennett@cranehotline.com. Nominations are due Aug. 1, 2009. Questions? Call (816) 536-7903.
AWP Council Works to Finalize Training Guidelines
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Jeff Stachowiak, AWP Council co-chair, presents the training guidelines to members. |
July 28, 2009 – The Aerial Work Platform Council met last week at the Scaffold Industry Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition in San Francisco, Calif. In recent months, the AWP Council has developed a presentation for OSHA with non-mandatory AWP operator training guidelines based on the OSHA forklift training requirements in 1910.178 (I), through the SIA’s OSHA Alliance.
At the meeting, Jeff Stachowiak, co-chair of the AWP Council, presented the training guidelines to the 23 AWP Council members in attendance.
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Manitowoc to Introduce New Grove, National Cranes at ICUEE
The Rental Show to Return to New Orleans in 2012
RentalHawk.com Debuts Price Comparison Website for Rental Industry
Manitex Receives Orders for New 50155S Crane
Liebherr Crawler Lifts HVAC Unit at Research Center
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Bigge provided this 275-ton crawler for work on this research center in San Francisco. |
July 28, 2009 – Bigge Crane and Rigging, San Leandro, Calif., stepped up to the plate for a four-day project at a research center in San Francisco, Calif. The project required a variety of services, lift equipment and challenging rigging that was all operated and maintained by Bigge.
Bigge provided a five-man rigging crew and its 275-ton Liebherr LR1200SX crawler crane for the project at the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Building in San Francisco. The new state-of-the-art building will house the existing world-renowned UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute.
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Manitex Announces International Orders and Specialized Forklift Contract
MLE Adds New Products to Lineup
Telehandlers: Handle with Care
ACRP Workshop to Feature Educational Workshops, Presentations
Tulsa, Okla., June 2009 – A worker was crushed to death when the hydraulic scissor lift he was working under fell on him. According to the police, the 33-year-old man disconnected an improperly working hydraulic hose, and the lift fell.
Read the rest of this accident here.
 
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