by admin | Feb 5, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A girder launcher at the construction site of a quadruple track railway project in Matraman, East Jakarta, collapsed at around 5am on Sunday (Feb 4) local time, leaving four dead and five others injured, in the...
by admin | Feb 5, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Two men are dead, another man is in critical condition and two others suffered minor injuries after an outdoor crane accident at the Manitowoc Crane Manufacturing Plant Friday morning. “It’s a day of sorrow for us,” said Ion Warner, vice president of marketing and...
by admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
ABC7 in Washington DC reported a telecrawler crane collapsed near Nationals Park in D.C. Thursday, sending the operator to the hospital, according to authorities. The D.C. Fire Department say the collapse happened at 3rd and Tingey Streets, SE in the Navy Yard area...
by admin | Jan 19, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A lattice boom crawler crane fell on top of a construction worker Wednesday in Marathon, FL authorities said. The incident was reported about 9 a.m. at a construction site on Sadowski Causeway in Key Colony Beach. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Becky...
by admin | Sep 13, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A 10-ton Kato KR-10H crane has fallen onto a house under construction at Papamoa in New Zealand McLeod Cranes director Scott McLeod says the crane was setting up when an outrigger went into a sink hole. The driver is uninjured. “We are really grateful no one’s...
by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Tadano All Terrain Crane was involved in a deadly crash on its way to remove the Robert E. Lee statue at Lee Park in Dallas was involved in a crash that killed one person. According to officials, a semi-truck collided with the crane at SM Wright Freeway and Linfield...
