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One Killed, Three Injured
Helsinki “A massive bang. Fragments were flying all over the place. Suddenly there was no more bridge,” says Sille Abner. She was driving on the opposite lane when a steel pedestrian bridge collapsed in Laajasalo in the east of Helsinki soon after three PM on Monday. One motorist was killed and Read More
Two Labourers Killed in Mulund as Part of Crane Falls on Them
India Two labourers were killed after a part of a crane fell on them while working at an under construction building in suburban Mulund, police said. According to police, the workers at the site of Tirumal Heights were carrying out labour work and handling a crane there when the part Read More
Tower Crane Goes Down
China Six people died and one was injured on Saturday after a tower crane came down in Dandong City, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, close to the North Korean border. Six men were apparently working on the 50 metre crane when it went over on a construction site in the Zhenxing Read More
Construction Worker Hospitalized After Crane Accident
Texas First responders attend to a construction worker whose hand became stuck in a construction crane at the 183A extension site near Crystal Falls Parkway.
Overhead Crushing Incident
Preston, United Kingdom A man was injured earlier today after he was involved in a crushing accident while using a boom lift at the BAE Systems plant in Samelsbury, near Preston, UK. The man, a builder aged 41, was working at a height of around nine metres when he became Read More
Apollo Man Killed in Crane Accident
West Virginia Doug Lippincott was a man’s man with a great big heart, his sister said. “He loved his Harley-Davidson motorcycle… He had all the man toys,” said his sister, Julie Lippincott, 38, a United Airlines flight attendant based in Washington. Doug Lippincott of Washington Township, Westmoreland County, was killed Read More
Edmonton Worker Crushed to Death
Edmonton, Canada Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is investigating the death of a young construction worker who was crushed by a pipe on the job Wednesday. The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. when employees from Sureway Construction were installing water and sewer lines for a new subdivision in southwest Edmonton. Read More
Tower Crane Collapses Onto Roof
Studen, Switzerland A 45 Meter Tall Wolff Tower crane on a cross base fell injuring two people on the ground and the operator of the crane. Also a building that was occupied has been virtually demolished and surprisingly no one was reported as injured. Two cars were struck by the Read More
Runaway Crane Kills Four
Taiwan A runaway crane smashed into a bus yesterday in Taiwan killing four people – three women and a man – and injuring a further eight. There were a total of 16 passengers on the bus. The accident involving a dated four axle truck crane, occurred in Guishan, Taoyuan County. Read More
Worker Hit by Light Pole in Construction Mishap
St Petersburg, Florida A construction accident in the Tyrone area sent one worker to the hospital late Monday night. Police say 41-year-old Jorge Delgado was assisting a crane operator at the site in the 2500 block of Tyrone Boulevard when a concrete light pole slipped and pinned him against the Read More
Close Shave for Ship after Heavy Duty Crane Snaps
Kolkata, India A major accident was averted at the Kolkata port when a crane unloading logs from a ship snapped on Sunday morning. The logs landed on the ship, partially damaging the vessel, but no injury was reported. An inquiry has been ordered into the accident. Kyaukpyu, the ship, has 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.