Last August, Freeman announced a rigging safety initiative that impacted exhibitors and event organizers with hanging signs, video walls that have overhead support and all other tie-offs. The rigging ...

This Safety Guideline provides guidance to production teams who wish to engage riggers to lift or support production equipment (lighting, sound, audio-visual displays, scrims, set elements, etc.) in ...

OSHA has cited CBS Pilings Solutions Inc. of Riverside, Mo., for three serious safety violations after a worker was fatally injured. The worker was struck in the head by a piece of rebar that fell ...

In 2012 the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association released a report on the top 10 root causes for crane and rigging insurance losses. In the Sims Crane Minute, crane experts and safety ...

The company in charge of rigging and moving the 10,000-pound generator that fell and killed two Sussex County men at a Hanover construction site in February was fined $9,000 for a pair of violations, ...

This Safety Guideline provides guidance to those who wish to engage riggers and rigging supervisors on productions. This Guideline lets you know what is meant by the term ‘rigger’ under the various ...

Survivor of car crushed by fallen tower crane section at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., high-rise project looks back as she walks away. OSHA has proposed fines related to the climbing mechanism, connecting ...

Innovative lifting technologies have gone a long way toward boosting rigging safety through fine-tuned load control, reduced manual handling, and far greater precision in lifting tasks. Modern ...