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
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
Jaipur, India A prominent businessman of the city was killed when a piling machine at a Jaipur Metro project site collapsed and fell on his car near Sushilpura on Thursday afternoon. The victim, Vikram Maheshwari (35), was the franchise owner of Talwalkars Gym in Jaipur. Maheshwari was on way to Read More
Helsinki “A massive bang. Fragments were flying all over the place. Suddenly there was no more bridge,” says Sille Abner. She was driving on the opposite lane when a steel pedestrian bridge collapsed in Laajasalo in the east of Helsinki soon after three PM on Monday. One motorist was killed and Read More
Ming Pao, China Giant scales collapsed under strong winds Ming Pao Tsing Yi site one commonly known as “picks scale giant scales yesterday morning in strong winds suddenly back broken collapsed and crashed into the indoor workers near misses, self-driving scales crawl to safety under the foundation, land on the Read More
York, Pennsylvania A man died on Sunday from the injuries he sustained in an overhead crushing accident while operating a lift near York Pennsylvania. The accident occurred at the BAE Systems plant in West Manchester, on October 12th, an employee, Dale Lentz, was using some form of high reach equipment Read More
Conway, Michigan A man was electrocuted yesterday in Conway, Michigan after he cam into contact with overhead power lines while operating a trailer mounted lift The 38 year old man was carrying out renovation work on his home when it happened. After coming into contact with the power lines his Read More
Idaho A portion of Interstate 15 was blocked off to one lane Monday after a crane broke off into the highway. The crane was being carried on a flat bed trailer southbound on I-15 and rammed into the Highway 20 overpass in Idaho Falls. The Idaho State Police investigator says Read More
OTTAWA, CANADA A Brockville man is dead after the boom of a crane he was helping to operate touched a live electrical wire Wednesday, OPP Const. Mike Cholette said. Jamie Lascelle, 32, was working at about 1 p.m. with the rest of his crew at Jonas Street and Oakel Street Read More
Dunbar, Scotland Earlier this week we received photographs of an accident that occurred on a wind farm in Dunbar, Scotland. Having no facts nor indication of when it happened we contacted the crane’s owner Irish based wind turbine specialist McNallys. It seems that the accident had occurred around eight weeks Read More
The 47-year-old fell to his death when the raised platform toppled over at the Stewarton Viaduct in East Ayrshire. The man was working for a contractor for Network Rail which operates the line. Police, fire and ambulance teams were quickly on the scene. However, it is understood there was nothing 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.