Mention the word “crane,” and most people think of the massive construction cranes used to erect skyscrapers. Electricians don’t operate these big cranes, but on some jobs an electrician might operate ...

Global technology company ABB has launched ABB Ability Safety Plus for hoists, a suite of mine hoist safety products that brings the highest level of personnel and equipment safety available to the ...

THE American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the approval of a standard for the safety of workers engaged in occupations that require the use of personnel hoists or employee ...

ABB has won a large order for its highest payload Koepe production hoist, associated infrastructure, and safety systems from Australian mining company OZ Minerals. The contract will help to ensure ...

Due to “an alarming increase” in deaths and injuries involving communication-tower workers, OSHA has updated a 2002 directive covering inspection of hoist systems used to move workers to and from ...

Europe’s aviation safety regulator has put forward proposals to revise certification requirements for helicopter hoist design, arguing that design improvements would potentially mitigate a number of ...

A multitude of previous hoist safety concerns have now been solved by the revolutionary MotoSuiveur® − a mechanically failsafe hoist safety device created by Siguren and distributed in the UK ...

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