Jessheim, Norway A 21 year old man operating a boom lift at a site in near Oslo airport in Norway yesterday, was thrown from the platform, but escaped with minor injuries. The boom lift had, we understand become stuck on soft ground on the edge of an excavation at the 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
Spain A self-propelled boom lift overturned on Monday at a construction site in Avilés, northern Spain killing the operator, 27 year old construction worker Gonzalo Fuente López. López was painting metal elements on the facade of a new building with a fully extended Haulotte HA260PX 4×4 articulated boom, we understand Read More
Atlanta, GA Federal safety investigators are looking into what led to an accident in northeast Atlanta in which two workers fell to their deaths. Authorities said the men died of trauma after the lift in which they were working fell to the ground at 525 Glen Iris Drive in northeast Atlanta Read More
Penang, Malaysia A tower crane fell onto three residential houses last night in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. The collapse occurred around midnight, when the crane, located on the site of a new 20 floor hotel on the opposite side of the street from the affected homes, went over from its base. Read More
A large construction crane flipped over in a Stafford County business center on Wednesday and wrapped around a building. The accident happened in the Quantico Corporate Park around 11 a.m. Stafford County Fire and Rescue said that at 200-foot crane had toppled over, folding its arm around a 4-story unfinished Read More
Alameda, California An unusual accident at the Alameda Naval Station Tuesday seriously damaged a newly restored jet that has been on display for over 40 years when the crane lifting the aircraft toppled over. The A-4 Skyhawk jet greeted visitors to the Alameda Naval Station from 1969 until it was Read More
Denmark A 450 tonne All Terrain crane went over on a wind farm in Denmark last week dropping the rotor blades of a turbine it was helping to repair. The crane, a Grove GMK7450 was owned by Krangården was lowering the turbine’s rotor blades to the ground on a farm Read More
Studen, Switzerland A 45 Meter Tall Wolff Tower crane on a cross base fell injuring two people on the ground and the operator of the crane. Also a building that was occupied has been virtually demolished and surprisingly no one was reported as injured. Two cars were struck by the Read More
Massachusetts The ground beneath an outrigger for the Baxter Company crane gave out and the crane toppled onto its nose shortly before 9 a.m., said Harwich fire Capt. Donald Parker. Just before the accident the crane was extended about 85 feet while moving a partition for a building, he said. Read More
Warsaw, Poland A truck crane tipped over in Warsaw, Poland yesterday after the ground completely gave way beneath one of the outriggers. The crane, a three axle truck mount, was working in a small street in the city when the road surface gave way. Local reports suggest that recent heavy 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.