MCM Events welcomes another speaker at the jointly held Crane & Rigging Conference and Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference at the Hampton Inn Hotel & Suites New Orleans-Convention Center, New Orleans, La. The conferences will take place May 23-24, 2012. Tom Reardon, Training Manager, Hoists and Cranes, for Columbus McKinnon Corporation, will provide an overview [...]
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Gene writes: “I am not seeing eye to eye with my customer on a bridge crane alarm issue. His claim is that the warning device must be an alarm (sound) and that it should be continuously on when the bridge is traveling. The standard he is referencing is ANSI B30.2 (1967) with the claim that [...]
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OSHA has recently updated the following regulations for slings: 1910.184 (general industry) 1915.122 1915.113 1915.118 (for shipyard employment) & 1926.251 (construction). Effective June 8, 2011, all slings, chain, synthetic & wire rope, are required to have identification tags/labels permanently attached to them. This regulation applies to slings sold and used in the United States. Historically, [...]
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I recently attended the spring meeting of the WSTDA, (Web Sling Tie Down Association) in Fort Myers, FL. The meeting was comprised of web sling & tie down manufacturers, distributors & end users, a typical cross-section of its membership. Here are some of the highlights: WSTDA Performs its Own Testing One of the interesting things [...]
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Below are a few updates to ASME standards that we thought you might find helpful: On Jan 18, 2011, ASME B30.9-2010 Slings became available for the public to purchase. The latest revision covers safe care along with the use and inspection of alloy chains, synthetic slings, wire rope and metal mesh slings. Past and current [...]
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While conducting our overhead lifting safety training it never fails that we get a comment to the effect of, “We’ve been doing it this way for over twenty years. We never had an accident. And, now you are telling me it’s wrong?” Just because you have been lifting a certain way for the past twenty [...]
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Precast Inc. Magazine had a good article in their March/April 2010 issue entitled “Accident Investigation” by Joan Shirikian-Hesselton. When the unthinkable happens action must be taken to ensure the unfortunate event doesn’t happen again. It is essential that investigations be conducted as fact finding not fault finding. What happened? Don’t look for blame in an investigation - just the [...]
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The new proposed OSHA regulations for Crane and Derricks (29CFR 1926.550) will be going into effect late summer/early fall 2010. North Carolina Administrative Code 13 NCAC 07F.0913, passed in the fall of 2009, is already active and similar to the proposed OSHA rule. There are three main components to the new Crane and Derrick regulations: [...]
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On May 5th in Washington DC, OSHA and Crane Institute of America Certification (CIC) will have a signing ceremony to highlight OSHA’s formal recognition of CIC. This is only the second time OSHA has taken such a momentous action of recognition in our industry. Employers can be assured that certifications from CIC meet all OSHA regulations. Congratulations [...]
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The opening session for the Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference, to be held May 26-27, 2010, in Houston, Texas is sure to set the tone for the rest of event. Peter Cooke, Corporate Trainer for Columbus McKinnon, will start off the education sessions by sharing insight on OSHA and ANSI safety topics as they pertain to [...]
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