by admin | Jul 19, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Gozo court has jailed a man whose permit-less self erecting tower crane collapsed on a car and killed its occupant in 2007. Baskal Saliba, 54, was jailed for two years for negligently causing the death of Sammy Spiteri, whose car had crashed into the structure in...
by admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Ports & Terminals
A telescopic mobile truck crane owned by Eng Lee Shipping Pte Ltd. tipped onto a lorry at Jurong Port on Thursday (July 14) afternoon, injuring two people. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at 37, Jurong Port Road, at 3.20pm....
by admin | Jul 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
About 10,000 people lost power in parts of Seattle after a drywall pallet crane working on a home improvement project in South Seattle struck a power line. KOMO News reports, A crew was replacing a roof on a century-old home when a subcontractor operating a crane...
by admin | Jul 12, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Suspects including engineers and two government employees will face trial in Saudi Arabia over the deaths of 107 people when a crane toppled over at Mecca’s Grand Mosque last year, a local newspaper that reflects government thinking reported on Tuesday. The...
by admin | Jun 29, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
The preparations for placing a deck on the Juliana Bridge in Alphen aan den Rijn last year were seriously insufficient, according to the Dutch Safety Board. The board calls it “inevitable” that the two construction cranes trying to place the deck collapsed, The...
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Lattice Boom Mobile Truck crane collapsed at the Exxon Mobil Refinery in Torrance, CA. Refinery officials said on-site emergency crews are handling the incident, and the appropriate agencies have been notified. Three contractors were taken to a local clinics to be...
