by admin | Apr 15, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A ComEd contractor was seriously injured and thousands were left without power after a chain-reaction construction accident in the western suburbs. Forest Park police said workers were using a crane to lift a metal utility pole onto its base near 16th and Circle Ave....
by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
SINGAPORE – The National Crane Safety Taskforce has urged the construction industry to take immediate action to prevent more crane-related accidents, with at least nine already recorded here so far this year. Safety measures such as ensuring that cranes are...
by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – A man working on a crane at a Circle K near the Stratosphere hotel-casino fell on Wednesday morning. It happened around 7 a.m. at the Circle K at 2308 Las Vegas Boulevard South, which is near Cleveland Avenue. The victim was transported to...
by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Twelve people died and two others remain missing when a temporary structure on a construction site collapsed after being hit by a crane on Wednesday morning in south China’s Guangdong Province. Local officials said the accident occurred at around 5:40 a.m. in...
by admin | Apr 11, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — A construction worker was sent to the hospital after a power line came down on some equipment, shocking the man. West Des Moines fire, police and EMS were dispatched to the 1300 block of 98th Street on a report of an electrocution. West Des...
by admin | Apr 11, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
An excavator working at the site of a building demolition on Spring Garden Road in Halifax fell through a floor to the level below Monday afternoon. The excavator was working on the second floor of the building when it crashed through to the ground level. “All...
