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Mobile Crane Accident in Sydney
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
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
Lucky Escape for Boom Lift Operator
Jessheim, Norway A 21 year old man operating a boom lift at a site in near Oslo airport in Norway yesterday, was thrown from the platform, but escaped with minor injuries. The boom lift had, we understand become stuck on soft ground on the edge of an excavation at the Read More
Raccoon Township Man Dies After Touching Power Line
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania EDGEWORTH — A Raccoon Township man died after being shocked by a power line Wednesday while trimming a tree in Edgeworth. Chester Sipes, 47, was working in a D.L.S. Tree Service bucket truck about 1:55 p.m. in the front yard of 411 Chestnut Road, across the street from Read More
Liverpool Tower Crane Collapse Contractor Fined £280k
Liverpool, UK The Original Story Contractor Bowmer & Kirkland has been fined £280,000 for the 2009 collapse of a tower crane in Liverpool that left the operators paralysed. Structural engineer Bingham Davis, which has since ceased trading, was also found culpable and fined a nominal £1,000. Inadequate foundations was determined Read More
Wind Farm Roll
Scotland The latest casualty of wind those farm roads that are unsuited for cranes or big aerial lifts is a 103 metre WT1000 truck mounted aerial lift which rolled at the Gordonbush wind farm in Scotland. However the lift is just one of several examples of cranes or lifts over-tuning Read More
Crane Boom Buckles in Norway
Norway A 100 tonne crane boom buckled while lifting bridge beams in Northern Norway earlier this week. The crane, owned by Vest Kran, was working from a massive barge, installing a new bridge in Vikan, near Bodø when the incident occurred. No one was injured. According to the plant manager Read More
Fatal Boom Truck Overturn in Alaska
Seward, Alaska A boom truck fell over onto its side at the T-Dock in front of Icicle Seafoods in the small boat harbor Tuesday May 8, killing the boom truck operator, Felix Morales, 52, of California. The tip of the boom arm punctured the deck of the MV Kaylor Read More
Fatal Boom Lift Incident in Spain
Spain A self-propelled boom lift overturned on Monday at a construction site in Avilés, northern Spain killing the operator, 27 year old construction worker Gonzalo Fuente López. López was painting metal elements on the facade of a new building with a fully extended Haulotte HA260PX 4×4 articulated boom, we understand Read More
Miraculously All Survived Crushed Car
Zhengzhou, China The XCMG Loader Crane flipped landing on a travelling car at the Zhengzhou airport in North Central China. The occupants of the flattened car survived with minor injuries to the driver - The family of four included a two year old.
Man Injured Loading Boom
Ephrata, Pennsylvania A man was seriously injured yesterday while loading a large boom lift in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The man was loading a Terex (Marklift) telescopic boom onto a low loader when it appears to have slipped off the side and rolled, the operator/driver has either been thrown from 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.