At the Houston Business
Roundtable meeting on January 12th, we were excited to see all
the new attendees... We had record attendance for January with around 43
people.
Topics discussed included: Lifting Lugs, OSHA update on
C-DAT proposal, and an ASME B30 Committee
chair person roster was passed out.
Charlie Emmitte, of Valero Refining, brought up a good discussion on wind
considerations and LSI wind
monitoring equipment. Wayne Oswald
showed a “Powerful” power point presentation on texting while driving. I presented a framed photo to Kerry Hulse of Deep South Crane and Rigging as a
token of his traveling preparation reputation.
Walter Brumley called for topics and speakers for upcoming
meetings and breakfast forums. HBR is
planning an April breakfast forum with a likely panel discussion format. Likely topics will be 3rd party
inspection practices.
At the end of the meeting we had a surprise bachelor’s party
for Walter Brumley who’s getting married on Saturday... Congratulations Walter!
At the
NCCCO Commissioners meeting, new commissioners from the area were voted in for 5 year terms. These commissioners are Charles "Cooter" Sager from Exxon Mobil and Carlo Spitaleri from LyondellBasell Refinery. The Rigging Taskforce updated progress and the next meeting will be held in Houston sometime in January. The next commissioners meeting is scheduled for Atlanta, Georgia, sometime in May 2010.. The
Crane and Rigging Conference 2010 is scheduled for May 26-27th, 2010. We need to be sure that the commissioners meeting doesn't conflict with this event.
HBR Crane and Rigging Subcomittee welcomed 32 attendees. Visitors welcomed were Mike Smith for the
Crane Rental Corp., Steve Patterson of
Turner Industries, Kaysie Braak of Gulf Coast Matts, and Jim Robertson of
General Crane. Shared safety topics included
BIC article on "the Difference between OSHA rule and ANSI standard". Mike Appling and Deanna Douzat with
TnT Crane asked HBR group to endorse their effort to the
City of Houston on the Mobil Crane road curfews. Next meeting will be January 12, 2010.
At the Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) meeting today we discussed articles on safe lifting with Plate Clamps, ASME B30.9, and Lyondell's Crane Accident; and lessons learned.
David Moseley brought literature and discussed Crosby's new Split Nut retention systems that make hook inspections easier. Matt Gardiner of Haag Engineering gave a presentation on crane accidents and investigations. Examples included some wind power, yacht, and construction job incidents. Haag Engineering handles 70-75 crane accidents per year. Holt Crane & Equipment is hosting an open house on Sept. 22nd. From 10am to 1pm. Holt will be displaying the first and largest link-belt crawler model 548, 550 ton. The HBR Golf Tournament is Oct. 5. Sign up here. Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. and CICB are sponsoring the Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC2010) in Houston in late May 2010.
Next HBR Crane and Rigging committee meeting is Oct. 13, 2009.
ACRP (Association of Crane and Rigging Professionals) is holding their 2009 Workshop & General Assembly, October 12-14 in Woodland, Washington. There will be several excellent presentations by well known experts in the lifting field, like Big Rigging Hardware by Mr. Skip Ohman with The Crosby Group, Big Rigging Slings by Mr. Mike Riggs with Slingmax and Lift Planning Normal/Critical by Mr. Mike Parnell with ITI. To see the entire agenda go to
http://www.acrp.net/ . It will be beneficial for you and your company to attend and gather some valuable information. Hope to see you there.
Regards, John C. Hellums, Bishop Lifting Products, Inc.
Yesterday morning at our monthly HBR Crane and Rigging Sub-Committee meeting, Mr. Mark A. Hernandez, a Compliance Assistance Specialist with OSHA, gave an update on a presentation he recently put on at the 2009 ASSE PDC in San Antonio on Mobil Cranes in Spanish. Mark used the HBR Crane and Rigging Sub-Committee and the Critical Lift Plan Best Practice from Valero Texas City as a resource. We welcomed back Keith Goodgame with Turner Brothers Crane and Rigging. I also want to welcome our newest member Tom Roseberry with Holt Crane & Equipment for joining our group and look forward to their valuable input within our lifting industry. Next meeting, September 8th, at 8:00am, at the Austin Industries Building 8031 Airport Blvd. Suite 118. See ya there!
We just created a new 64" pipeline slings! This is a new pipeline sling record for lowering-in-belts and steel lined choker belts. These are normally suspended from side boom tractors to lower O&G pipelines into the ground. For more info, see our press release at
http://www.lifting.com/press/pipeline-slings.html.