Abstract: A combination tab lifting and crimping tool for lifting and crimping tabs which have been bent over a flange consisting of a casing having a pair of openings at opposite ends thereof and an elongated tool channel therein communicating with the openings. An elongated tool member is slidably mounted the tool channel and has a tab lifting finger proximate a tab lifting end of the casing and a tab crimping face proximate a tab crimping end of same. A flange gripping finger is affixed to the tab crimping end of the casing. A trigger is pivotally mounted in the casing and has a tool engaging end in the interior of the casing coupled to the elongated tool intermediate the tab lifting finger and the tab crimping face.