by admin | May 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Charlestown, PA resident who was having trees removed from his property had a little more excitement than expected when the crane that was being used to pull the trees down tipped over and crashed between a pair of trees. There were no injuries reported. According...
by admin | May 12, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A construction worker was killed Wednesday morning in Rowlett when a large JCB telehandler fork lift overturned, pinning him beneath it, police say. VIDEO HERE The 36-year-old lift operator was unloading a tractor-trailer at an apartment construction site near Scenic...
by admin | May 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A tractor-trailer rig experienced mechanical failure, reducing southbound traffic in Oklahoma The rig’s driver, Patrick McCormick, said the driver of an escort car behind him reported, “We’ve really got sparks now,” about the same time he felt resistance and came to a...
by admin | May 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A crane at a construction site in Ho Chi Minh City collapsed Tuesday, crashing down in front of a kindergarten across the street. Nobody was hurt. The incident happened at around 10 a.m. at the construction site of the TopLife Tower apartment project on Dien Bien Phu...
by admin | May 9, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
An excavator is blocking a portion of Jackson Avenue in Ann Arbor. Authorities were working to remove a Cat excavator on Jackson Avenue at the westbound exit ramp for I-94 about 12:45 p.m. May 9, said Ann Arbor Police Department Lt. Ed Dreslinski. Dreslinski said a...
by admin | May 9, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
KOKO News reports a crane is leaning on power lines Monday morning in Stillwater, OK officials said. The crane is leaning on power lines just north of the intersection of West Hall of Fame and West Virginia avenues, officials said. The crane was in the area to help...
