by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Workforce News
Twenty-eight years ago, Lindsay and John Bergdale realized their careers could be centered on the industry that gave them the most joy. The creation of RTL Machinery in 1989 began a long history of giving customers an excellent experience through expert service. While...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is investigating the accident that led to the death of a 38-year-old construction worker at the site of the Highway 169 Nine Mile Creek project in Minnetonka. David Earl Hyde, of Fulton, Missouri, was struck Monday...
by admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
Construction company are dealing with a major labor shortage, it seems everywhere you look, another apartment building or hotel is going up, and the demand for workers is skyrocketing. “The volume of work has picked up for everybody. We have people calling us about...
by admin | Feb 5, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Workforce News
Dallas-Fort Worth has reached new heights in terms of the use of a massive piece of construction equipment that is transforming the landscape. There are more tower cranes in operation in North Texas — 87 — than there are in any other region in the country, according...
by admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A crane was used to winch a man to safety yesterday afternoon, after he was knocked unconscious on a construction site in suburban, Sydney Australia The man in his 30s was hit by a concrete-pump hose around after it broke loose while being flushed clean with...
by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
WAUSAU (WAOW) – A 38-year-old worker killed at a steel factory was unhooking a girder from an overhead crane when the girder fell and toppled, striking him, a spokesman for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday. The accident...
