by admin | Dec 6, 2016 | Equipment Rental News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A AKM Autokranvermietung GmbH crane operator was lifting an eight-ton metal roof for a building in Plauen, Germany when the Liebherr All Terrain mobile crane he was operating tipped over. As seen in the picture, two construction workers were in a scissor lift working...
by admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A 3 axle Kato telescopic boom truck mounted crane has tipped over at a construction site in front of the Inland Revenue Board building in Damansara Perdana in Kuala Lumpur. Miraculously, no one was injured in the incident. The site has been classified as a hazardous...
by admin | Nov 29, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A tower crane at a construction site near Piyavate Hospital in Bangkok collapsed on Tuesday, killing five workers. The Bangkok Emergency Medical Service Erawan Centre reported the collapse of the tower crane at the site in Huai Khwang district occurred around 4pm. At...
by admin | Nov 24, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
At least 67 Chinese workers have been killed after scaffolding collapsed at a power plant in eastern China on Thursday, the Associated Press quoting state media reported. The scaffolding involved was on a cooling tower being built in the Jiangxi province and that the...
by admin | Nov 23, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A steel beam plummeted four stories and killed a crane operator and another worker Tuesday at a construction site in Queens, officials said. The 6,500-pound I-beam was being hoisted into place when it came loose — possibly after a rigging rope failed — and slammed...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
SARASOTA CO., Fla. A 120-ton 4 axle All Terrain crane came toppling over, crushing a vehicle and a trailer in North Port Wednesday afternoon. The crane was previously being used by workers who were installing new equipment to a cell phone tower along Toledo Blade. At...
