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Too Low for Lift
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Man Uninjured From Crane Roll
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
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.