by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
LOUISVILLE, Ky. WDRB reports the companies building an eastern Ohio River bridge have been fined $21,379 in connection with a crane collapse earlier this year, according to federal safety regulators. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Walsh...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
JERSEY CITY – Authorities say a worker at a Jersey City rail and shipping facility was killed when a container crushed the machine he was operating. The man died around 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Norfolk Southern facility. Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Link-Belt mobile crane being used to take down a cell phone tower tipped over Monday morning, taking the tower with it. According to Geoff McFarland with Grassroots Books on Grove Street in Reno, the flipped about 9AM August 15, 2016 in the store’s parking lot...
by admin | Aug 12, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Felbermayr crane operator was seriously injured as the Kato truck crane’s boom reportedly lowered suddenly onto power lines in Germany. 380 kilovolt power line fried the operator cab and caused extensive damage to the crane. The operator was flown by air Graz...
by admin | Aug 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Part of a crane struck a glass panel on the 3 World Trade Center Thursday night, according to authorities. A crane lowered materials to the ground around 8:30 p.m. It was bringing the cable back up when wind caused part of the crane to hit a glass panel, fire...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
Based on photos I suspect uneven ground conditions. In the 2nd and 3rd picture (Below) you see how the ground slopes towards the direction of the accident. Proper training would have prevented this tragedy. A maintenance worker in a Genie S-65 was killed after the...
