{"681905":{"#nid":"681905","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Leads Research Push for National Crane Safety ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECranes are common features in urban skylines. Because construction projects are constantly beginning and ending, the exact number of cranes in use globally is unknown. What is known, however, is that cranes have caused hundreds of deaths and catastrophic injuries. In the U.S. alone, dozens of deaths occur annually, and the construction industry loses billions of dollars.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCrane usage is not well regulated or well measured. A lot of accidents are not reported or cataloged \u2014 and for those that are, there\u2019s often not a proper investigation,\u201d noted \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/william-singhose\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam Singhose\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cranesafety\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECrane Safety Research Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe center includes researchers from Georgia Tech, the University of Washington, Utah State University, construction equipment suppliers, and industrial automation specialists. Together, they hope to bridge the gap between engineering curricula, practical applications, and legislation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-leads-research-push-national-crane-safety\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECranes are common features in urban skylines. Because construction projects are constantly beginning and ending, the exact number of cranes in use globally is unknown. What is known, however, is that cranes have caused hundreds of deaths and catastrophic injuries. In the U.S. alone, dozens of deaths occur annually, and the construction industry loses billions of dollars.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCrane usage is not well regulated or well measured. A lot of accidents are not reported or cataloged \u2014 and for those that are, there\u2019s often not a proper investigation,\u201d noted \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/william-singhose\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam Singhose\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cranesafety\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECrane Safety Research Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe center includes researchers from Georgia Tech, the University of Washington, Utah State University, construction equipment suppliers, and industrial automation specialists. Together, they hope to bridge the gap between engineering curricula, practical applications, and legislation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Despite their widespread use, crane operations are poorly regulated, leading to numerous accidents. The Crane Safety Research Center aims to change that."}],"uid":"35851","created_gmt":"2025-04-18 20:22:44","changed_gmt":"2025-04-18 20:23:35","author":"aritchie6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676889":{"id":"676889","type":"image","title":"crane-safety-research-center-meeting-15_54451791160_o.jpg","body":null,"created":"1745007777","gmt_created":"2025-04-18 20:22:57","changed":"1745007777","gmt_changed":"2025-04-18 20:22:57","alt":"Crane Safety Research Center","file":{"fid":"260736","name":"crane-safety-research-center-meeting-15_54451791160_o.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/18\/crane-safety-research-center-meeting-15_54451791160_o.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/18\/crane-safety-research-center-meeting-15_54451791160_o.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1963780,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/18\/crane-safety-research-center-meeting-15_54451791160_o.jpg?itok=Nurmp59V"}}},"media_ids":["676889"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}