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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: 6 Accident Reports Received for 2006: 70 Deaths to date for 2006: 18 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — March 2006 |
| 3/30/06: United Kingdom — Driver escapes from toppled crane | Cache Copy | Photo |
 3/30/06: United Kingdom — Man hurt after crane tips over| Cache Copy | Photo |
| 3/29/06: Florida — 100-Ton Crane Catches Fire On Alligator Alley | Cache Copy | Photos (9) |
| 3/28/06: Nashville, Tennessee — Crane Lands on Gas Line | Cache Copy | Photo |
  3/27/06: St. Petersburg, Florida — Crane hits power line, worker killed| Cache Copy | This is the 7th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 38 incidents reported to this site in 2005, 41 in 2004, 60 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! |
| 3/27/06: Tacoma, Washington — 50-Foot Crane Tips On Bridge, Blocks Morning Traffic | Cache Copy | Slideshow Photos (13) The News Tribune Story w/Photo Editorial comment:  Way to go operator. With boom and jib high, and outriggers retracted, do a fast 180 and it'll flip over every time.| Cache Copy | 3/31/06: Mistake (operator error) caused crane tipover | Cache Copy | The operator of the 30-ton crane violated standard operating procedures by trying to rotate the vehicle's 50-foot boom after he retracted the crane's outriggers, according to the department. The crane was operated by a crew from Sicklesteel Cranes, Inc. 3/31/06: Another Sicklesteel incident happened in 2001 |
| 3/27/06: Ohio — Man Falls From Crane In Kenton County | Cache Copy | |
| 3/24/06: India — Iron sheets fall, kill crane operator | Cache Copy | |
| 3/24/06: Houston, Texas — Two rescued in separate Ship Channel accidents | Cache Copy | |
| 3/23/06: Pompano Beach, Florida — Anthony Crane Accident Shuts Down Pompano Street | Cache Copy | Photo/Video Website: Ray Anthony International, LLC Another incident posted on 9/08/05 |
| 3/22/06: Brunswick Hills, Ohio — Man trapped between truck, slabs on granite dies | Cache Copy | |
| 3/20/06: Machias, Maine — Logging crane takes down phone lines | Cache Copy | |
| 3/18/06: New York, New York — Elderly man injured in crane accident | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 3/15/06: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania— Crane Sinks At Hill District Demolition Site | Cache Copy | This is the 6th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 38 incidents reported to this site in 2005, 41 in 2004, 60 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! |
| 3/14/06: United Kingdom — Ship crashes into new £4m crane | Cache Copy | Photos |
| 3/13/06: United Kingdom — Man hurt after crane tips over | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 3/09/06: Charlotte, New York — Man Injured in Crane Accident | Cache Copy | Photo 3/09/06: Crane Operator Falls Into Icy River 3/10/06: Injured man rescued after rig falls into river | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 3/09/06: Pensacola, Florida — Part of worker's leg severed | Cache Copy | |
| 3/08/06: Seattle, Washington — Crane falls on railroad tracks near Seattle waterfront | Cache Copy | |
| 3/07/06: Haverhill, Massachusetts — Crane Falls On House In Haverhill | Cache Copy | Photo/Video Don't blame the “soft ground”. Blame the operator for not using mats under the outrigger pads. |
| 3/06/06: Cupertino, California — Crane crashed through mall roof. | Cache Copy |  Operator Alert! The following is from a reliable source: It was a luffing jib crane — was supposed to be lowered at the end of shift every shift — operator walked off and left the boom up in the air, even though there was clear knowledge of an incoming storm. Crane is rated for 20 mph in winds, but the storm hit 50 mph, and it came down. Has taken 3 days to get the jib removed due to structural damage to the building. |
| 3/05/06: Springfield, South Carolina — 'Crane operator saved us all'
| Cache Copy | PHOTO 3/06/06: Springfield to discuss fallen tank | Cache Copy | 3/09/06: Water tower collapse cost Springfield up to $170,000 | Cache Copy | |
| 3/04/06: Canada — Steelworker's legs crushed under 10-ton bundles in industrial accident | Cache Copy | |
| 3/03/06: Westborough, Massachusetts — Fire on I-495 destroys crane, delays traffic
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| 3/02/06: Mobile, Alabama — Man killed when Alabama State Docks crane overturns | Cache Copy | Photo 4/29/06: Ship captain charged in fatal docks crane crash in Mobile | Cache Copy | |
| 3/02/06: Tel Aviv, Israel — 2 killed in crane collapse | Cache Copy | Photos |
| 3/02/06: Cape Coral, Florida — Worker seriously shocked in Cape Coral | Cache Copy | Photo A similar incident happened in January in which the operator was electrocuted. This is the 5th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 38 incidents reported to this site in 2005, 41 in 2004, 60 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! |
| 3/02/06: Australia — Four hurt as crane collapses | Cache Copy | |
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