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Injured Crewman Recovering after Crane Winch Snaps
Tauranga, New Zealand Uptate: Crewman Injured as Crane Winch Snaps A Filipino crewman seriously injured after being struck across the chest by a steel rope as a crane boom collapsed on a ship at the Port of Tauranga last week is out of intensive care. Three mobile cranes have removed the Read More
Truck Mount Crane Overturns in Finland
Mikkeli, Finland A large truck mounted lift overturned in Eastern Finland on Friday injuring three men. The men were working on power lines near Mikkeli, to the north east of Helsinki, they were said to be around 40 metres up when the outriggers sank into the soft ground causing the Read More
Telehandler Overturns at School
Perth, Scotland A telescopic handler overturned last week at a school in Perth, Scotland, ripping into the roof of a building that the contractor was refurbishing. The telehandler was lifting a long beam which suspended by a short sling from one of the forks when it went over sideways. The Read More
Man Electrocuted After Crane Brings Down Electric Pole
Chennai, India A 58-year-old resident of Alandur died in a freak accident on Tuesday night. Police said a driver attached to metro rail construction work going in his crane near the Alandur subway when it rammed an electricity pole. The pole fell and the area was plunged into darkness. Vinayagam, before whose house Read More
Crewman Injured as Crane Winch Snaps
Tauranga, New Zealand Updated: Injured Crewman Recovering A Filipino crewman is in hospital with serious injuries after the main crane boom collapsed on a logging ship in the Port of Tauranga this morning. The 42-year-old was working onboard the Nordic Visby around 5.30am when the main crane boom snapped causing a Read More
A Lucky Escape
Hohr, Germany A self-erecting tower crane went over in the small town of Hohr, Germany narrowly missing a house earlier this week. The mid-range self-erector, either owned or contracted by construction company Overath, was working on a construction site just outside of Siegburg when it over turned. Fortunately no one Read More
Crane Tips in Ontario
Ontario, Canada A crane overturned on Monday on the site of a new court house in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The crane, a Grove RT890 Rough Terrain crane owned by local company GC Rentals, was lifting a load on full boom and swing-away when it appears the ground gave way under one Read More
Tree Cutter Injured When Boom Falls on Home, Garage
Spotswood, New Jersey A worker for Central Jersey Tree Experts was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick on Monday after he was thrown from a crane being used to cut down a tree on a South Street resident’s property. Mayor Nicholas Poliseno said the crane operator, Read More
Crane Overturns on Wind Farm
Fitjar, Norway A 500 tonne crane overturned early on Wednesday morning while relocating on a wind farm in Fitjar, to the south of Bergen in western Norway. The crane a 500 tonne Liebherr owned by Nordic Crane, had completed a lift installing the blades on a turbine and was being moved Read More
TruckCrane Overturn
Towanda, Pennsylvania A truck crane overturned while travelling yesterday near Towanda, Township in Bradford County northern Pennsylvania. The incident occurred at an intersection on Route 220 when the boom truck based crane seems to Read More
Boom Truck Overturned
Brooklyn, New York Two construction workers were hurt after being pinned underneath the bucket of the crane. The men were working on a very high utility pole alongside a man road, when it tipped. Fortunately both were wearing harnesses and lanyards. Read More
Top Story
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.