by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A 19-year-old woman has been seriously injured after a crane outrigger hit her in the village of Kritzendorf, just outside Vienna. The young woman, who lives in Vienna, was walking down the pavement next to a main road in Kritzendorf on Monday afternoon when a truck...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Fortunately no injuries were reported when a self erecting tower crane was not properly secured and rolled 250 m (820 ft) and slammed into a parked car. The accident happened in Rheiland-Pfalz, Germany.
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Jeffrey Langenfeld, a 27-year-old maintenance worker from the Town of Tonawanda, was killed Thursday afternoon in an accident involving a crane in an industrial section of Buffalo’s Old First Ward bordered by grain elevators. The accident occurred in an industrial...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
WAITE PARK, MN — An equipment operator was hurt after a JCB telehandler he was operating tipped over. The incident happened at about 2:15 p.m. yesterday at 1500 Highway 23 West in Waite Park. Waite Park police chief Dave Bentrud says the telehandler was moving a light...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A large construction tower crane buckled and collapsed onto a building located right next door to offices The Reykjavík Grapevine. The Grapevine staff heard a loud creaking sound, followed by two violent shocks to the building. Those who witnessed the collapse of the...
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
Two construction workers were severely injured Monday morning when a Down Cab Rough Terrain crane hit a power line in West Seattle. Emergency personnel responded to the scene, near 42nd Avenue SW and SW Oregon Street, at about 10:30 a.m. after receiving reports of a...
