October 2024 – Wire Rope News & Sling Technology Magazine
COVER PHOTO: Most mobile cranes showing up on ob sites today need “some assembly” from additional counterweights to almost a complete buildup! The tools, time, and expense can increase costs, as well as hazards to personnel. Part I of a two-part series discusses the assembly ordeal in depth. Photograph courtesy of Dennis O’Rourke
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Featured Articles:
Some Assembly Required PART 1
Article by Dennis J. O’Rourke, CSP, Historiographer, OSHA Part 1919 Maritime Surveyor
Not unlike assembling a child’s new toy, piecing together a mobile crane requires that all parts are properly put in place. Except that job site injuries or fatalities are not a concern with the former! (read the full article on page 8 in the magazine)
A Humble Hero
Article by Elizabeth Phelps. A historic recounting of the daring rescue of the crashed National Airlines Flight 193 in May on 1978.
EXCERPT: Our daily work and choices always matter, but when’s the last time you stopped to think of them as part of a bigger plan? You will surely see yourself in this story about a humble hero who had no idea how a decision, a tiny tugboat, a barge, and a crane would impact innumerable lives. Hold on to your coffee cup. (read the full article on page 16 in the magazine)
Managing Gen Z
Article by Phil M. Perry. Motivating this ew breed of the work force involves certain skills in communication, motivation, and coaching.
EXCERPT: Gen Zers make up the fastest-growing portion of today’s workforce. To motivate these people in their early twenties, businesses must re-engineer their operating environments to emphasize stability, prioritize communication, encourage autonomy, and connect business activities to larger social concerns. While bright, eager to please and technically savvy, Gen Zero will often need coaching to improve their performance in personal communications and team environments. (read the full article on page 24 in the magazine)
Employee Handbooks
Article by Phil M. Perry. Tips on how, and why, offering an employee handbook to your workers is important … especially for new recruits.
Employee handbooks communicate business policies, polish an employer’s image, and promote worker morale. Common errors in wording, tough, can create unintended contractual relationships that result in costly legal battles. Employers need to strike a balance between advancing worker-friendly practice and retaining managerial flexibility. (read the full article on page 28 in the magazine)
DEPARTMENTS
- News in Our Industry
- Kito Crosby Enters into Agreement to Acquire repos GmbH
- Talurit Group Welcomes New Owner as SEB Private Equity Acquires Majority Stake
- Dole Expands Capabilities and Adds Custom Production Services at New Charlotte Manufacturing, Warehouse and Distribution Facility
- Modulift Spreader Frame Lifts Supercars at Goodwood Festival of Speed
- Pelican Rope Works & U.S. Rigging Supply Celebrate 50 years of Innovation and Excellence
- ALL Crane Acquires Two Faymonville HighwyMAX Heavy-Haul Trailers
- Demelza Chosen as LEEA Charity
- Steel Imports Down 2.2% in August vs. July
- AISI Hits at Trade Cheating in Comments to Hill and Administation
- AISI Releases August SIMA Imports Data
- Wholesale Rigging Products Acquires United Stainless, LLC
- Find a Power Tool Battery Recycler Near You Using Online Tool
- Denny’s Crane & Rigging Notes (by Dennis J. O’Rourke) – Dropped Tower Section. (read the full column on page 66)
- Inventor’s Corner (by William Fischer):
- Anchor rope system for an offshore device
- Vision guide with light riding rod and guard cable using same
- Vibration damping system and elevator apparatus
- Forestry winch
- Wire rope safety barrier
- Products in the News
- What is Seismic Bracing Cable? Today’s buildings are designed to withstand seismic activity better than ever before, as such, the need to secure non-structural items in the buildings is crucial to avoid damage during an earthquake. Having bracing cables installed dramatically limits damage from earthquakes. (Loos & Co. Seismic Bracing)
- Kito Crosby Launches New Wide Body Shackle
- Talurit Group Introduces the Talurit RBS 90, a New Rigging Device for Large-Diameter Wire Rope
- Chant Engineering Expands Product Line with Friedrich Höppe HEG Thimbles
- Cattron Introduces Tyra 25 Line of Remote Control Systems for Construction Equipment and More
- RiConnect Headlines at LEEA’s LiftEx 2024
- Maxiload Launches Load Restraint Products in the UK
- Talurit’s T-LOC: The Innovative Steel Reinforcement
- Tele Radio Handhelds for Lifting Applications
- Material Handling Products form AtI
- People in the News
- Suncor Stainless Announces the Addition of Alicia Bacewicz as the New Customer Service Representative
- Caldwell Names Mueller Regional Sales Manager
- Suncor Stainless Announces the Appointment of John Tavares as the New Senior Regional Account Manager
- New Leaders Named to Association’s Board of Directors
- Puzzle Page: Word Search and Crossword Puzzle
- Classified Ads
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