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The recent boom collapse in Manhattan, New York resulted in the death of Michael Simermeyer. Ironically, the same building inspector, Patrick McGarrigle, on site who failed to check a cable involved in the accident was also connected with an fatal crane accident in 2008.

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Too Low for Lift

05/29/12
Lift Smashes Overpass

New South Wales, Australia A truck mounted utility platform rammed a bridge in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, earlier this morning, ripping it from its chassis. The driver appears to have stowed the lift correctly, but simply under estimated the height of the bridge or was unaware that his platform, Read More

Overturn Dumps Two in Water

05/28/12
Soft Soil Causes Crane Collapse Australia 2012

Australia Two men were lucky to escape earlier this month when the ground under the wheels of the telescopic boom lift they were using, subsided, overturning the lift and dumping them into the sea at a port in Western Australia. The two were ignoring most safety advice and training not Read More

Juneau Company Fined for Crane Accident

05/25/12

Juneau, Alaska Original Story (11/6/2011) A Juneau construction company has been fined in connection with a deadly crane accident. The Juneau Empire says the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Trucano Construction Co. $5,000 in connection with the death last year of 75-year-old Boyd Cody. The company was cited in January for failing Read More

Mobile Crane’s Tires Sink in Graveyard

05/25/12
Mobile Crane Sinks in Graveyard 2012

Roxwell, England A self-propelled boom lift being used to carry out work to a church in Roxwell, England, plunged into a grave, or the church crypt on Wednesday. Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident at the 16th century St Michael’s Church in Roxwell, Essex. Essex County Fire & Read More

Two Charged with Negligent Homicide

05/24/12

Norway The owner of a trailer lift and the engineer who inspected it have been charged with Negligent Homicide in Norway The owner of a trailer lift and the engineer who inspected it have been charged with Negligent Homicide in Norway, following a 2010 fatality. The incident occurred in September Read More

Crane Overturns in Singapore

05/20/12
All Terrain Crane Accident Singapore 2012

Singapore A four axles All Terrain crane went over in Singapore this weekend as it unloaded a container from a truck. The crane was owned and operated by Kim Soon Lee and was lifting the container, outside a unit on the Changi North Crescent industrial park. The company claims that Read More

Construction Lift Accident in Secaucus

05/18/12
Crane Accident Secaucus New Jersey 2012

Secaucus, New Jersey A construction worker Arris Tunc, Age 34 was killed Friday in Secaucus, N.J., when a construction lift he was working in tipped over [and he fell some 45 feet from a work platform]. The worker for Cipillini Roofing of Clifton, N.J., was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center after Read More

Five Axle AT Overturns in CA

05/17/12
240 Ton Overturns Orange County, CA 2012

Orange County, CA A 240 ton five axle All Terrain crane overturned at a rental company in Orange County, California this morning. The crane, a Grove GMK5240 owned by Crane Rental Service overturned at its yard in West Collins avenue while being tested or inspected. The crane’s boom was fully Read More

Mobile Crane Accident in Sydney

05/16/12
Mobile Crane Smashes Car Anzac Bridge Sydney Australia 2012

Sydney, Australia An accident involving several cars and a crane on a citybound lane of the Anzac Bridge caused significant delays this morning, the NSW Transport Management Centre says. All citybound lanes were closed after the crash about 8.30am, a spokesman said. Video footage showed the boom of the crane Read More

Bridgewater Crane Operator Falls Into Beaver River

05/16/12
Bridgewater-crane-operator-accident

Bridgewater, Pennsylvania A man was shocked and burned by powerful current from high-voltage lines that pass over a construction site where a bridge will be built over the Beaver River. Century Steel Erectors construction manager Rubbie Greenewalde said the iron worker was standing on a barge on the river and Read More

Man Uninjured From Crane Roll

05/16/12
Crane Rolls in Oregon 2012

Oregon A 40-year-old man was not injured after the 50-ton crane he was driving on U.S. 26 rolled off the highway this afternoon in western Washington County, Oregon State Policereported. About 1:40 p.m., Daniel S. Henderson, of Estacada, was driving a 1991 all-terrain crane east, near Manning, when he moved to the Read More

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