Manhattan, New York April 5, 2012 Update: Defects Found in Hoisting System April 7, 2012 Update: Inspector may be partially to blame A crane collapse at West 34th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan on Tuesday night left one person dead and four others injured. One injured worker died, Michael Read More
Henan At a highway site in Henan 5 workers died when a scaffolding fell in activity involving an allegedly unlicensed crane operator.
Furness, United Kingdom A man has died after a steel fabrication dropped on him from a crane in Barrow in Furness, UK, yesterday. We believe that the incident involved an industrial overhead crane at a building on the Meeting Industrial Estate in the town. Two men were involved, one, 37, Read More
Leary, Texas A 20 year-old man died in a crane accident at a pipe and steel distributor’s facility in Leary, Texas yesterday. The incident occurred at the Jackson Pipe and Steel Company in Leary, near Texarkana on the border with Arkansas. The man, Stephen Rodney Cutchall, was hit by a Read More
Milam, Texas The construction trade is fraught with danger. Nearly all construction workers are injured on the job at some point, and some fatally. A recent accident reminds all of us that Texas construction site dangers abound. A 49-year-old man was working at a construction site off County Road 135 Read More
Milam County A 49-year-old man was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a construction accident in Northern Milam County. County officials tell News Channel 25 the man was hit by a pulley-block when it broke loose from a crane at a site off of C.R. 135. Evidence at the scene showed that Read More
Milwaukee, Wisconsin A 22-year-old Milwaukee man was killed in an industrial accident on the south side Tuesday when a 6,000-pound steel bar fell on him. Benjamin H. Alcorn, a crane operator at Acme Galvanizing Inc., 2730 S. 19th St., was crushed about 4 a.m. under a steel bar that had Read More
Westwego, Louisiana A worker at a Westwego construction site was killed Saturday when a piece of construction equipment fell on a crane he was operating. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call about 5 p.m. reporting the incident, which took place at 7777 West Bank Expressway, in the back Read More
Vietnam A 15 meter-long crane fell at a high-rise construction site in Ho Chi Minh City Thursday, killing one worker, VietNamNet reported. Immediately after the accident, the door of the Thao Dien Pearl construction site in District 2 was closed. People living in the surrounding high-rises said that a number Read More
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
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
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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.