by admin | May 16, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
ITV reports Firefighters have cordoned off a collapsed crane that bent in half in Fitzrovia. A spokeswoman said emergency services were called to Charlotte Street at about 12.30pm on Monday to reports of a “crane in a precarious position”. The construction equipment...
by admin | May 14, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
The Evening Telegraph reports a WORKER has been criticized over “dangerous” work practices after a picture emerged of him in the bucket of heavy machinery. The photograph shows a worker being elevated to a height in a tele- handler — a machine used widely in the...
by admin | May 14, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A construction worker was injured Friday afternoon at Texas A&M’s campus while working on the expansion site of the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Small Animal building.According to College Station Fire Department Battalion Chief Robert Mumford,...
by admin | May 14, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
News 4 Jax repports a 69-year old construction worker was killed Friday after he became trapped under a street sweeper in Hastings, FL. MORE VIDEO HERE The Florida Highway Patrol said the 69-year-old man was working on a paving project when he was run over just before...
by admin | May 14, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A construction worker operating a large cherry picker was crushed to death when he came in contact with a concrete slab in an industrial accident at Moscone Center in San Francisco early Friday, police said. The man, who was not identified, was in the bucket of the...
by admin | May 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
The Citizen reports construction worker was seriously injured Thursday morning when a Link-Belt 218 HSL crane base boom collapsed that was being set up off Provence Road in Laconia. According to Laconia Fire Department Lt. Jeff Desrosiers, a crew from Beck &...
