India Simplex Tower Crane Accident in September 2010 Simplex Crane Accident in August 2010 Leaves One Dead After five accidents, including one death, the MMRDA has decided to come down heavily on contractor Simplex Infrastructure for negligence. After two accidents in the past on the Lalbaug flyover, which was constructed by Read More
A small crawler crane has overturned while working on the demolition of earthquake damaged buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday. The crane, a 50 to 60 tonne lattice crawler was removing concrete panels from the façade of a building in the city’s red zone when it lost stability and Read More
A Galician crane operator was killed yesterday when his crane boom collapsed on him during the unloading of concrete sections at a site on the Sete Pias industrial estate in Cambados.
Ontario, Canada There has been another accident at the condominium under construction on Belmont Avenue West in Kitchener, Ont., and this time it was fatal. According to Waterloo Regional police, the call came in around 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday morning and the man was pronounced dead in hospital a short Read More
A TRAGEDY was how John Dee manager Warren Stiff described yesterday’s fatal industrial accident at the Warwick meatworks. A 47-year-old plant and maintenance contractor was killed on site after the mobile crane he was operating toppled over during a construction job. Mr Stiff said the contractor was involved in a Read More
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
United Kingdom, England Workman dies on Hampshire Rose Bowl cricket ground project A construction worker has died at Hampshire Rose Bowl cricket ground. Police have named the man as Philip Carsley from North Yorkshire. It is believed he was struck by a concrete block that fell during lifting operations at the site near Southampton. Emergency team efforts fail to save workman The Hampshire Read More
Bahrain A man died in a horrific worksite accident yesterday when he was crushed by falling concrete slabs. Bahrain labour chiefs have ordered an investigation into the death of Indian Lasumaiah Dumpla. The 41-year-old is said to have died instantly when he was hit by the slabs, which fell as Read More
Milwaukee, Wisconsin A subcontractor working on a sewer line near 3rd and Burnham was injured when a slab of concrete fell on his leg. He has been transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. “He was cutting some concrete, removing an old sewer line to make way for a Read More
Woolwich Reed & Reed Inc. has been awarded $298,100 plus costs and interest in a suit against Weeks Marine Inc. The award stems from an incident that occurred in October 2000. The judgment, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Brock Hornby, found that Weeks Marine was liable for negligence in Read More
Blytheville, Arkansas Two contractors were injured Wednesday afternoon at Nucor Steel Arkansas, according to plant manager Dave Chase. The men are employees of Systems Contracting Corp. and were identified as Michael Evans, 44, of Blytheville and Marty Kilman, 36, of Bald Knob. Both men were airlifted to the Regional Medical Read More
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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.