Crane safety is an outlier, in comparison to the safeguards other industries possess and promote. That these features are the result of the push-and-pull between consumers and corporations, that resistance by executives is a thing of the past, that most companies would not think to manufacture—and we would not think it acceptable to buy—a car without seatbelts or a house … Read More
Safety Versus a False Sense of Security: Challenges to the Use of Construction Cranes
The history of safety is, in part, the history of resistance to safety. From transportation and travel to sports and entertainment, the safeguards taken for granted were once too allegedly controversial or costly for companies to grant to consumers. Imagine driving a car without a seatbelt or being a passenger in a minivan without side-impact airbags or anti-lock brakes, or playing football without … Read More
The HoistCam Solution: Visualizing Safety
Christopher G. Machut, the Founder and Chief Technology Officer for Netarus, LLC, a Norfolk, Virginia-based company joins Enterprise Radio. Netarus manufactures and sells industrial-grade video monitoring solutions which improve employee productivity and workplace safety in the construction, industrial, marine and transportation industries. Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Christopher G. Machut discuss the following: For the benefit of our listeners, please tell us … Read More
$99 Million Awarded by Jury to Widows of Ironworkers Killed in Crane Crash at Miller Park
The lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. ® have achieved high honors and recognition by the most significant organizations in the country. We highlight their work on behalf of construction safety, as the Big Blue crane accident was then–and is now–a case study in the need for greater visual safety tools. By way of brief background, in 1999 three … Read More
Adopting New Standards of Safety
The duty of insurers is not to deny the need for new standards but to dedicate themselves to standardizing new—and superior—levels of safety. Why should they insist on doing otherwise, when the technology exists to heighten safety and lower costs; when the cost of doing business as usual looks safe but is far more dangerous than it appears to … Read More