Chicago Overhead Crane Service, Rigging Products, and Fall Protection | Mazzella 

Every piece of rigging, every crane, and every pallet rack system must be inspected regularly to stay compliant. The reality is that inspections are often treated as a nuisance, but they’re one of the most valuable investments a company can make. 

At Mazzella, our inspections help you: 

• Catch issues before they become accidents. 

• Extend the usable life of your equipment. 

• Provide you with documentation for OSHA compliance. 

• Uncover repair and training opportunities that can help strengthen your company’s safety culture. 

Our inspectors provide: 

• Rigging Inspections: Every sling, shackle, hook, and below-the-hook device is inspected for wear and compliance. Items are tagged and logged, with digital reports provided for easy tracking. 

• Crane Inspections: Our team provides overhead crane inspections, hoist inspections, and preventative maintenance programs to help keep your lifting and rigging operations compliant. After the inspection, you will receive a report that you can keep on file for compliance requirements. Our team will also work with you on any necessary repairs, upgrades, adjustments, and educate you on our preventative maintenance program. 

• Warehouse Racking Inspections: Pallet racking failures can be catastrophic. We identify damage, bent uprights, and improper loading conditions before they create hazards. 

What you get with our inspections: 

• Comprehensive visual and operational inspections 

• Digital reports with deficiencies clearly noted 

• Repair recommendations prioritized by urgency 

• Archivable documentation for audits and OSHA visits 

Overhead cranes are the backbone of your operation, and breakdowns can grind productivity to a halt. Our Chicagoland service branch provides: 

• Preventative Maintenance (PM): Scheduled maintenance designed to prevent costly repairs and extend the life of your equipment. 

• Emergency Repairs: Our technicians are available 24/7 to respond to breakdowns anywhere.

• Crane Modernizations: Upgrades to extend the life of your crane with new controls, drives, or components. 

• Load Testing: Verifying that your crane is operating efficiently and in compliance after major repairs or upgrades. 

• OEM and Aftermarket Parts: Parts sourcing and installation for all major OEMs, so you can expect fair pricing and quick turnaround times.

Local inventory includes: 

• Wire rope slings and assemblies 

• Alloy chain slings and binders 

• Web slings and roundslings 

• Crosby shackles, hooks, links, and fittings 

• Green Pin Van Beest hardware 

• Hoists (lever and hand chain) 

Our rigging inventory is designed for the industries around us: steel mills that need heavy-duty slings, contractors that need roundslings and shackles on demand, and port operators that can’t wait for lead times. 

If a specialty product isn’t on the shelf, we coordinate with other nearby Mazzella locations to deliver quickly.

Chicagoland includes a test bed and swaging station for wire rope assemblies. These capabilities allow us to: 

• Perform proof load testing to certify lifting equipment 

• Build and test new rope terminations 

• Provide documentation for compliance 

For urgent testing or large assemblies, the branch coordinates with nearby facilities to make sure jobs are completed on time. This flexibility ensures mills, contractors, and marine operators get tested, certified equipment when they need it. 

Falls are one of the leading causes of workplace accidents. Mazzella designs, installs, and services engineered fall protection systems tailored to your facility.

Whether you are working with a temporary or permanent, vertical or horizontal, or an engineered or pre-engineered system, Mazzella has in-house Fall Protection Specialists who have inspected and installed fall protection systems in facilities across the country.  

Services include: 

• Site assessments to identify fall hazards 

• Engineered systems: horizontal lifelines, anchor points, platforms 

• Soft goods: harnesses, lanyards, SRLs (self-retracting lifelines) 

• Rescue planning and compliance documentation 

• Inspections and recertifications of installed systems 

Some of our key partners include:   

• Tractel  

• Metreel  

• Ultra-Safe  

• Miller  

• Elk River  

• DBI Sala  

• RUD   

Many plants and contractors in the Chicago/NWI corridor are expanding fall protection programs as part of safety audits.