Island Bay, New Zealand A truck mounted platform overturned as it took a bend in the road in Island Bay, just south of Wellington in New Zealand, earlier today. The driver/operator was able to climb out of the truck and was uninjured, but hydraulic fluid was spilled on the road causing it Read More
Dunedin, New Zealand It is the love of Anna McLean’s life, but her Mazda Axela is a “magnet” for trouble. Anna parked the car in the driveway at her workplace at 8.30am yesterday, and three hours later she was asked to move it by contractors working on the temporary courthouse, Read More
Jarlsø, Norway A crawler crane tipped forward slowly on Tuesday at a site in Norway as the operator lowered the jib for the day. The crane is currently working on the erection of a warning light for shipping, on the tip of the small island of Jarlsø near Tønsberg to Read More
Aberdeen, UK A DRIVER had a lucky escape after his car was crushed under the wheels of a crane near Aberdeen Airport. Incredibly, the 52-year-old man sustained only minor injuries following the accident, but was kept in hospital overnight for observations. Pictures released yesterday show the extent of the damage Read More
Novosibirsk, Russia High winds are blamed for the collapse of a tower crane on Wednesday. The contractor continued to operate the crane in spite of high winds and, according to witnesses, abnormal movement of the tower. The crane then came down on three cars parked in the street below. The Read More
Monmouth Beach, New Jersey A construction crane has tipped over along the Shrewsbury River in Monmouth Beach. The crane, which was on a barge in the river, appears to be part of a reconstruction project on a dock Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa An All Terrain crane crashed through the roof of the Golden Walk shopping centre in Germiston this morning seriously injuring 25 shoppers, two of them seriously, paramedics said. The crane, a five axle Grove GMK owned by Babcock Plant, was preparing to lift an air conditioning unit when it Read More
Blenheim, New Zealand A crane driver narrowly avoided being killed when a crane fell over in an accident on Hutcheson St, in Blenheim, yesterday. A crane has fallen over on Lansdowne St in Blenheim No-one was injured in Read More
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia A foreign worker was killed in another crane crash – three days after a motorist was killed by falling construction equipment at the LRT project site. The latest victim, in his 30s, and another foreigner were on a sky lift, repairing the zinc roofing on a four-story flat Read More
CATONSVILLE, Md. The incident happened near the area of Hilltop Circle and Walker Avenue in Catonsville, where construction is under way. No one injured during incident, university officials say University officials confirmed Read More
Down Thomas, S.W. England The incident occurred on a farm in Down Thomas to the south east of Plymouth, the crane a Demag AC30 owned by local company Lift It was lifting a 20ft container at the rear of a house on the site, when one of the outriggers appears to 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.