Lumber Delivery Crane Operator Dies Using The Knuckle Boom Crane
We recently posted an article as we do weekly, on LinkedIN and while we don’t like writing about someone dying on the job it seems to be one of a handful of ways left now to get anyone’s attention in the game.
This particular one while completely avoidable, took the life of a 40-year old Yonkers, NY man. He had a family, he had some of the best equipment in the industry insofar as knuckle boom cranes are concerned (HIAB is one of the top tier brands), and yet this incident reminds us of the need for a big push on tighter regulations in the crane industry in North America.
IN the USA, all operators of any crane must be put through the program as outlined by the NCCCO, who also has another division which places a greater emphasis on knuckle boom cranes, as they are a very different crane to be sure and need to be recognized as such here in Canada as they are in the USA.
The brief article I wrote can be read HERE, it’s a brief summary of the incident and how it could have been prevented.