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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Links | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name | March Reports Received: 28 March Deaths: 15 Accident Reports Received for 2004: 73 Deaths to date for 2004: 30 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — March 2004
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 3/31/04: Lubbock, Texas — Industrial Accident Claims Life of Crane Operator | Cache Copy |Shortly after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, emergency crews responded to what they thought was a roll-over accident near Brownfield Highway and Indiana Ave. What they found was a horrific accident nearby involving a construction worker. District Chief for the Lubbock Fire Department, Chris Angerer, says, “ We arrived to find a crane toppled into a ditch.” Photos & Video |
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Keywords: toppled, pipe, trench, box, casing, utility, Rinks Leasing, Levelland, Marsha Sharp Freeway Project. SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/30/04: Carteret, New Jersey — Crane kills man in Carteret | Cache Copy | |
| Keyword Relativity | Keywords: crushed, boom, fell, Paul J. Hanson, disassembling, Karabinchak Brothers, cited before, AmQuip SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
 3/29/04: Howard, Ohio — Quick work by EMT saves man| Cache Copy | |
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This is the 6th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 60 reported to this site in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
| 3/27/04: Pasadena, Texas — Death of a Pasadena Paper Company employee ruled as accidental. | Cache Copy | |
| Keyword Relativity | Keywords: crushed, overhead, gantry SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/27/04: Singapore — Crane collapses and nearly hits house. | Cache Copy | It crashes across road and crushes wall, but no one is hurt Photo |
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Keywords: crashed, toppled, crawler, boom, fell, lattice, soft soil SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/26/04: Alexandria, Virginia — Workers Trapped In Construction Accident | Cache Copy | |
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Keywords: roof, boom, fell, Fairfax County, Hyble Valley SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/26/04: Singapore — Lift crashes in Ghim Moh Rd construction, Chinese worker killed | Cache Copy | |
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Keywords: elevator, personnel, gondola SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/25/04: Glasgow — SINGING KETTLE | Cache Copy | Artie & Co help lifeboat crew save crane worker |
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Keywords: barge, kids, plunging, sea, Artie Trezise, Cilla Fisher, Gary Coupland, Kevin Macleod, Arbroath harbour, breakwater, capsized, collapse, Arbroath Singing Kettle Web Site (for kids) SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/24/04: Warren, New York —
Crane accident kills quarry worker | Cache Copy | |
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Keywords: Herkimer County, ball, weight, broke free, cable, fell, boom, Dean P. Robertson, Richfield Springs, Hanson Aggregates, striking, mechanical, human error, two-block SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/23/04: China — Fallen tower crane kills two in NE China | Cache Copy | |
| 3/22/04: UK — Two workers in cage plummet at stadium | Cache Copy | A personnel cage carrying two construction workers at the new National Stadium in Wembley fell 45 metres to the ground on Monday. The cage had been suspended from a crane above the stadium roof when it became detached at around 10am. Firefighters attended the scene, and the two men, who have not been named, were taken to the Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal. Their injuries are said not to be life-threatening. Comments — Post/Read comments about any report on this page. |
| 3/18/04: California — Crane Toppled | Cache Copy | Photo Comments — Post/Read comments about any report on this page. |
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Keywords: outrigger, cribbing, 75-ton P & H, Mandolin Enterprises, Running Springs general engineering contractor, tree removal, Blue Jay,
Mandolin Enterprises, crane operator, Jim Egger, Smith Crane & Rigging
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| 3/18/04: Bend, Oregon — Man loses legs in crane accident | Cache Copy | 3/20/04 update: Crane accident not the first | Cache Copy | A Bend crane company that employed a man who lost his legs in an accident was fined by the state for a similar accident in 1997 near Meacham, according to regulators. The fine, issued to Nick's Crane Service, was one of four “serious” violations issued to the company since 1993, according to Kevin Weeks, spokesman for the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OOSHA). Crane operator relearning life | Cache Copy | Comments — Post/Read comments about any report on this page. |
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Keywords: Round Butte dam, Deschutes River, Carrie Swartley, Nick's Crane Service, Melvin Henderson, violations, penalties SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
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3/17/04: Canada — Man electrocuted on construction site | Dead Link | |
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This is the 5th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 60 reported to this site in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
| 3/16/04: UK — Wembley 'bungee' crane hell | Cache Copy N/A | Two Wembley Stadium workers were badly hurt yesterday in a bungee-style accident. The men were 100ft up in a cage suspended from a crane when a cable, apparently blown by wind, snagged on a stand. The line tightened until it broke free, catapulting the cage upwards. It then plunged 40ft on to the concrete top tier of a partly-built stand. Photo and a very nice illustration Comments — Post/Read comments about any report on this page. |
| 3/13/04: Israel — Man crushed to death while repairing his crane | Cache Copy | |
| 3/12/04: Portland, Oregon — Worker Crushed In OHSU Construction Accident | Cache Copy | |
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Keywords: Oregon Health and Science University, struck, drill, foundation, pile, piling, Hoffman Anderson SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/12/04 update: Worker Ejected From Construction Vehicle Dies From Injuries — See 3/04/04 below. |
| 3/11/04: Charleston, South Carolina — No one hurt as crane tips over at new Cooper River bridge site
Registeration req'd (it's free) | Cache Copy | The crane operator is employed by MAXIM Crane Works Photo |
| 3/11/04: Savannah, Georgia — Second Construction Worker Dies | Cache Copy | This is 2 reports in 1, about 2 separate incidents at Plant McIntosh. Comments — Post/Read comments about any report on this page. |
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Keywords: bucket, lift, personnel, manlift, toppled, McIntosh, Meddy Settles, local 256, Joe Bethanie, Boyette, WG Yates and Sons, Kenny Bush, Effingham County SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/10/04: United Kingdom — Toppling crane just misses £3.5m yachts | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | The mobile crane was being put through its early morning checks when it crashed on to its side at the Sunseeker International boatyard opposite Poole Quay on Monday. Photo |
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Keywords: toppled, Poole, boatyard, lorry, crushed, outriggers, boom, Bently SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/09/04: Detroit, Michigan — Crane Accident at Detroit News Plant | Cache Copy | The worker was laying large ground stabilizing pads at the Detroit News Plant on the morning of March 8 when his crane began to lean sideways. He yelled to other workers to clear the area and quickly jumped out before the crane hit the ground. Photo |
| 3/08/04: Hagerstown, Maryland — Construction Halted Due to Crane Mishap | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | Demolition work at a Hagerstown construction site came to an abrupt halt Monday. The big crane working at the site of the old McCrory's Building on W. Washington Street tipped over onto its side, almost slipping all the way down into a 12-foot hole. No one was injured when the machinery toppled over, but it did halt the construction that was taking place. The site is the future home of a new open space area that will sit next to the University System of Maryland Campus. There's no word on when the crane will be returned to its correct position, or just how workers plan to get the big crane upright. |
| 3/08/04: Guam — Port's crane derailed | Cache Copy | |
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Keywords: gantry, wind SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/04/04: Raleigh, North Carolina — Construction worker injured on I-440 | Cache Copy | A construction worker was critically injured when a vehicle struck a piece of construction equipment he was trying to drive across Interstate-440 in East Raleigh early today. Charles Holten Scott, 49, of Elkview, W. Va., was driving a mechanized lift, said Raleigh police Capt. Michael Teem. The machine has four large wheels, an engine and a bucket at the end of an arm that stretched across two lanes of traffic, Teem said. Scott was ejected from the vehicle. The driver that hit him, Timothy Earl Porter, 33, of Fuquay-Varina was also injured. Both men were transported to WakeMed. Porter was treated and released. Teem said the accident occurred about 6:15 a.m., before daylight, and that Porter had little time to react when he saw the machine across his path. Porter's Cavalier collided with the bucket from which Scott was operating the machine. Scott was working for Vecellio and Grogan Inc. of Beckley W. Va. 3/12/04 update: Worker Ejected From Construction Vehicle Dies From Injuries | Cache Copy | |
| 3/04/04: East Java province — 13 Workers Injured in Steel Plant Blast | Cache Copy |
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| 3/02/04: Ft Myers, Florida — One dead, another hurt in RSW airport construction accident | Cache Copy | 3/04/04: Wink News | Cache Copy | The injured worker, Gustavo Facio Orosco, was taken by helicopter to Lee Memorial Hospital. The man who died, Jebel Polanco Zuniga, worked for a contractor at the site. |
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Keywords: night, daylight, dark, bucket, Scott, Vecellio and Grogan Inc., Beckley SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
| 3/01/04: UK — Fall victim in fight for life | Cache Copy | A 40-year-old Mid Wales man was today fighting for his life after suffering serious head injuries when he fell from a 30ft raised platform while building a roof on a farm warehouse. 3/02/04 update: Worker dies after crane fall | Cache Copy | Comments — Post/Read comments about any report on this page. |
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Keywords: Stourbridge, rough terrain, truck, toppled, roof, warehouse, head, injuries, broken leg SEARCH this site — Use a keyword or phrase from above. |
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