Bangalore, India Simplex Infrastructure was in news again, this time for a crane accident that happened around 12.45 am on Tuesday near a metro construction site, when it crashed into the compound wall of Harishchandra Ghat. The incident took place on Mahakavi Kuvempu Road when three men on board, including Read More
Malaga, Spain A man died yesterday on a building site in the small village of Cártama to the north of Málaga, after the jib of a tower crane ‘broke its back’ and crashed down onto the scaffold he was working from, throwing him from the third floor of the structure Read More
Australia A 16-TONNE crane plunged down a 20-metre embankment at Wongawallan on the Gold Coast this morning. The incident happened on Tamborine-Oxenford Road about 8.50am, when the crane’s brakes are believed to have failed as it went down a hill. Two men were in the crane and were treated by ambulance officers Read More
Silverdale, Washington A rollover crash involving a commercial truck slowed traffic on southbound Highway 3 at Newberry Hill Road Wednesday evening. According to Washington State Patrol, the right front tire on the the truck blew out, causing it to pull to the right. The truck left the roadway, went up Read More
Orcutt, California Santa Barbara County Fire Officials responded to an industrial accident in the Orcutt area to a facility on Dominion Rd at about 2:45 yesterday afternoon. Fire crews say workers were trying to raise a large drilling pipe with a crane when the crane failed. The pipe hit two Read More
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma OSHA is now investigating a crane accident that killed one worker and injured another. It happened Tuesday night on the Chesapeake Energy campus near Northwest 63rd Street and Classen Boulevard. Police think the crane malfunctioned and something fell off it. The two victims were putting away equipment Read More
Australia A man is in a critical but stable condition following a major accident on a construction site in Pennant Hills. The accident accourred just after 9am on Wednesday. The man sustained fractures to his right leg and ankle, lacerations to the head and serious internal injuries. It is believed Read More
United Kingdom A road worker has been rescued by firefighters after he was trapped under a bridge in County Tyrone. It happened at Drumragh Avenue in Omagh last night as machinery was being lowered into the River Strule. The man had been working on a hydraulic platform which malfunctioned. Another Read More
Howell, New Jersey Greg, age 35, was killed when a crane was said to have malfunctioned allowing a cable to slip and setting the piling free to fall vertically. His brother, Thor Laresen, was killed in a work related construction accident two years prior. Both brothers are dearly missed by Read More
Roger died as a result of a fall from a platform of a ladder crane truck. The truck was for sale and Roger was testing it’s capabilities before purchase when a cable broke causing the boom to drop rapidly. Roger was the founder and owner of All Signs in Chillicothe, Read More
Bath, Maine OSHA CITES NEW JERSEY-BASED MARINE CONTRACTOR FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS AFTER FATAL CRANE PLUNGE INTO KENNEBEC RIVER The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Weeks Marine, Inc. for willful, repeat and serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act following a fatal accident in 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.