by admin | May 7, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
The Mirror UK reports Relieved family and colleagues cheered as a warehouse worker walked out unscathed after more than eight hours trapped beneath tonnes of cheese. Forklift truck driver Tomasz Wiszniewski was feared dead when 18-metre high metal shelves carrying...
by admin | May 6, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Rick Dallmann happened to be there to work on a building project, and said he watched the crane fall in on May 2. “We had a bunch of stuff on that barge that we were waiting to get offloaded,” he said. “You know, I think it was just a mechanical...
by admin | May 6, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
Occupational Health and Safety officials are investigating after an incident on a work site near Joffre, Alberta left one man dead. Blackfalds RCMP said officers were called to the Nova Chemicals PE1 Expansion Project at the Joffre Site. According to RCMP, a male...
by admin | May 5, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A special administrator is suing contractors, alleging their negligence caused the death of her husband at a construction site. Watch Video Here Maricela Santoyo, as special administrator for the estate of Vicente Santoyo, filed a lawsuit May 6 in Cook County Circuit...
by admin | May 5, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
An All Erection Link-Belt crawler crane toppled into traffic, around 7 am EST Thursday morning, causing heavy delays on northbound Interstate 95 in Broward County, Florida. Two Link-Belt telescopic truck cranes were brought in to right the fallen crawler crane. The...
by admin | May 5, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
An excavator being used in the Park 6 building demolition partially tipped Thursday morning, temporarily bringing the difficult wrecking job to a halt. The excavator’s driver, Anthony Azarian, was not hurt and said he’d be back to work within hours. Azarian said he...
