Every year hundreds are killed and thousands are seriously injured due to a crane being either the primary or secondary cause of an accident. The majority of the injury cases reported involved the following:
These types of injuries and fatalities (electrocution, crushed and being struck), which make up to majority of crane related accidents, are not happening to the operators, but to the ground workers and other individuals whose jobs place them near cranes.
For registration and more information The Construction Safety Council at 1-800-552-7744
Non-Contributor cost - $225
Contributor cost - $125
Note: Contributor pricing is for any contractor or contractor employee that contributes to the Chicagoland Construction Safety Council with a penny per hour (or more) contribution through the various building trade unions or trade associations in Chicago. These include Bricklayers, Carpenters, Cement Masons, Electricians, Glaziers, Iron Workers, Laborers, Mechanical Contractors (members of MCA), Plasterers, Operating Engineers, Sheet Metal Workers, Teamsters, Technical Engineers, and Tuckpointers.