15th June 2020
By Alice O’Riordan, B.E. The effect of wind is a relatively new consideration when planning a lift. For years crane work was carried out in cities within the skyline of the surrounding buildings that provided a wind break. As cranes became bigger and in turn the height of the lifts, the level of exposure for […]
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18th March 2020
Wm. O’Brien has secured a new 2-year contract with Irish Cement, supplying cranes, operators and banksmen to support maintenance work at their cement factories in Platin, Co Meath and Mungret, Co Limerick. This agreement comes on the back of a previous 2-year contract which had just come to an end. The mobile cranes range from 60 […]
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22nd January 2020
Following an analysis of Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) data over the last 4 years, Wm O’Brien, the heavy lift engineering solutions company, has found that the most likely time for team members to have an incident / accident is on a Wednesday morning. Tracking statistics from 2016 to 2019, the company has shown that […]
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14th January 2020
Wm. O’Brien is delighted to announce that it has maintained its ZERO Harm objective with no accidents for 2019. This is the fourth year in a row that the company has maintained its record of no reportable accidents. This ZERO Harm result is achieved on the back of a constant focus on Environmental Health & […]
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14th October 2019
Partnering with the Irish Construction Industry Federation (CIF), Wm. O’Brien today announced that it will be focusing on raising awareness and offering support around mental health across its team for CIF Safety Week 2019.
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9th July 2019
Wm. O’Brien announced that it is one of the first heavy lift engineering companies in the world to achieve accreditation to the global occupational health and safety standard, ISO45001.
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