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NEWS
DECEMBER 2013
ACT
Advocate of
education
The Scholarship Committee of the SC&R
Foundation supported ongoing education
for employees and their children by
awarding nine scholarships and two
grants totaling $30,000. The awards
were announced during the Closing Night
Awards & Recognition Dinner at the
Annual Conference. Since 1986, the SC&R
Foundation has awarded over $350,000
in scholarships and grants. Nine $3,000
scholarships and two $1,500 grants were
given to eleven worthy recipients in 2013.
In alphabetical order, this year’s scholarship
recipients were:
■
Jared Bigby
(H&E Equipment Services/
DeVry Keller Graduate School)
■
Darin Blair
(TNT Crane and Rigging/
Kilgore College)
■
Caleb Brack
(The Citadel/Heavy Iron
Cranes)
■
Samson Meyer
(Arizona University/
Marco Crane and Rigging Co.)
■
Mitchell Nettinga
(Dordt College/
Berghorst & Son, Inc.)
■
Candice Parrish
(Yarbrough Transfer
Company/Baker College)
■
Anna Rivas Gonzalez
(South America
at Mammoet USA/American
Intercontinental University)
■
Ryan Stammen
(PSC Crane & Rigging/
Indiana Wesleyan University)
■
Alexander Zartman
(Penn State
University/ Zartman Construction, Inc.)
Receiving grants were:
■
Rocky Wilson
(RMS Cranes, LLC)
■
Eduardo Hernandez
(Tradelossa)
Gala showed their appreciation by
donating $44,000 back to the SC&RA
Foundation for scholarships and research.
JOY Award recognition
A monumental token of recognition also
took place in April, as SC&RA proudly
delivered
Monumental!
– in honor of
65 years of excellence in the industry.
The coffee table book chronicles more
than 50 years of SC&RA’s revered Job of
the Year awards program.
Monumental!
features photographs and descriptions of
every winning job since the program was
started in 1967. From moving lighthouses
to hauling sensitive space equipment to
installing components in nuclear plants,
Monumental!
covers the most incredible
feats accomplished by the lifting, rigging
and specialized transportation sector.
Power Line Safety video
The Power Line Safety Video was
another instrumental publication by
SC&RA in 2013, and continues to
give members a key resource onsite
or in the training room. In response
to the growing number of reported
fatalities in the industry involving
power lines, SC&RA produced the video
and companion booklet:
Operating
Cranes Around Power Lines
. The video
provides a visual demonstration of safe
operating procedures, in accordance
with the Occupational Safety and Health
Association (OSHA) standard for mobile
cranes near and around power lines – to
be used during training and the planning
process. The booklet contains an in-depth
look at how employers and operators
can conform to the OSHA standards
now in effect, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC.
The booklet offers a comprehensive
guideline, complete with relatable
graphics, developed to educate and easily
accompany operators on the road or
onsite.
Monitoring HOS
The new Hours of Service (HOS)
regulations emerged as the hot topic of
the summer, and the new provisions
to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
review
SC&R Foundation Scholarship winners
included Samson Meyer (Arizona
University/Marco Crane & Rigging); and
Ryan Stammen (PSC Crane & Rigging/
Indiana Wesleyan University).
The
Monumental!
coffee table book made its
debut in 2013, detailing 50 years of SC&RA’s
Job of the Year awards.
Rigging Job of the Year winners were
Judson Parker, Barnhart Crane; Delynn
Burkhalter, Burkhalter; and Rafael De Los
Santos, Tradelossa.
Hauling and Moving Job of the Year winners
were Patrick Suttle, Sarens; Doug Miller,
Burkhalter; and Ed Bernard, Precision’s
Specialized Division.
A key training resource, the Power Line
Safety Video was
delivered to SC&RA
in 2013.
