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
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
Australia A 13 tonne trailer carrying a self-propelled boom lift overturned as the towing vehicle, reportedly a dump truck, took a corner too fast in the town of Plenty, Victoria – North East of Melbourne in Australia. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, fortunately no one was injured, although traffic Read More
New Zealand A section of Auckland’s Northwestern motorway has reopened after a bridge was hit by the boom of a crane being transported on a truck. Two city-bound lanes of the motorway were closed for about two-and-a-half hours after the crash at the Royal Road overbridge early this afternoon. NZTA Read More
Lincoln, Rhode Island The boom of a self-propelled lift being transported on a flat-bed truck struck a bridge in Lincoln, Rhode Island on Friday, causing the superstructure to shear off and fall onto a passing pick-up truck. The lift was travelling on route 146 and struck the I-295 overpass when Read More
Rancho Cordova, California A man has been arrested after stealing a massive crane and leading officers on a slow-speed chase while lifting the boom, taking out power lines, power poles and a traffic signal before surrendering, according to the California Highway Patrol. The pursuit began at Highway 16 and Sunrise Read More
New South Wales, Australia A crane collided with the Newcastle link road bridge in New South Wales, Australia earlier this morning. The crane, a 20 tonne Franna pick & carry unit, belongs to Glendenning-based crane rental company Borger Cranes. It was travelling down the F3 highway when its boom struck Read More
Cooper City, Florida A utility/bucket truck overturned in Cooper City Florida yesterday after the operator failed to stow the boom before hitting the road. The lift headed down a multiple lane avenue and eventually struck an overhead traffic light beam, causing it to overturn. As it went over the truck Read More
A truck containing a crane with the boom up smacks an overpass while travelling on the free way. This isn’t a “Crane Accident” in the usual sense as the accident is not caused by a crane, but a crane is still involved so we’re posting it.
Richmond A 53 year-old woman was injured when she crashed into a 50 foot metal beam that had been dropped on I-95 south. According to Authorities construction crews were doing maintenance work near Exit 78 when a crane hoisting a 50 foot beam tipped over, dropping the metal beam. The Read More
Canada A 43-year-old Toronto woman has been killed and 13 others injured after a TTC bus collided with a truck carrying a crane near Lawrence and the Don Valley Parkway, just as the afternoon rush hour was underway. Emergency crews were called to the scene before 3 p.m. at Lawrence 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.