Hidden hazard Imagine trusting your crane service provider to inspect your overhead lifting equipment—only to find out they were not telling you about comprehensive inspections that could be critical to the safety of your personnel. That is what happened to Toyota-Lift of Minnesota, who used another crane service provider for nearly 15 years without being informed of the safety benefits involved with performing inspections on internal components. “We had not been told about these inspections, despite 14 annual inspections performed by companies other than Konecranes,” said Kyle Thill, Director of Service at Toyota-Lift of Minnesota. The standard inspections performed at Toyota-Lift of Minnesota relied mostly on visual observations and measurements. However, not all defects can b

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