by admin | Apr 21, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A telehandler struck the cover of an underground propane tank at a Londonderry, New Hampshire subdivision Wednesday morning, causing a gas leak. At the construction site, the telehandler hit the manhole cover atop a 500-gallon propane tank in the back yard of one of...
by admin | Apr 19, 2017 | Energy News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A Maine man was killed Tuesday after the crane he was operating struck a high-tension power line at a construction site, police said. David Sprague, 59, of Windham, Maine, was operating a crane on a wind turbine construction site in Searsburg around 11 a.m. Tuesday,...
by admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Pick N Carry Crane tipped over over at a boat ramp in Main Beach Queensland, Australia. Police were called to the scene shortly after 11am to reports a crane had fallen. The operators were lowering a pontoon into the Broadwater when the accident happened. It is...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
The company running the 32-ton Boomtruck is Builders Diversified Services. A man was operating the crane from the back of the truck when this happened and used a kill switch to shut off the engine. A woman and her dog were in one of the homes when the truck crashed...
by admin | Mar 20, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
Harold Foote, 58, was working to put in a drain pipe on Franklin Road near Joplin Road when dirt collapsed on him, burying him up to his mid-chest, Canyon County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Marv Dashiell said Monday. Bystanders and emergency workers dug him out, but he...
by admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
WACO, Texas (KWTX) A crew from TNT Crane & Rigging used an All Terrain Crane Thursday afternoon to retrieve a 40-ton CZM drilling rig that toppled into the Brazos River in Waco. WATCH VIDEO HERE TNT Crane started setting up the Liebherr crane at around 10 a.m....
