‘Crane accidents’ Archives
Fatal crane accident Chennai
A man died and another was seriously injured when a crane dropped its load on the Air India building yesterday. The crane, believed to be one of the large tower cranes working on the expansion of the domestic terminal, was lifting a 26 tonnes- 49 metre long truss when the crane jib broke away and came down with the truss onto Air India's [...]
Crane tips at Sydney school
A mobile crane has tipped over this morning on a site in Sydney, Australia, landing on a steel structure and injuring a man on a scissor lift. The crane was erecting steel work when it tipped at a building site next to St Catherine of Siena school in the Prestons area of Sydney. Local reports say that the crane’s boom struck a scissor lift, [...]
Crane goes over in BVI
A boom truck tipped over onto a school building yesterday in Road Town, British Virgin Islands. The crane on its sde The crane/boom truck, a Terex unit owned by the operator - Kenneth Smith, was working on the steel frame of the roof of the new St. George’s Primary School in Road Town when it tipped on to the existing school [...]
Overturning during relocation
Earlier this week we received photographs of an accident that occurred on a wind farm in Dunbar, Scotland. Having no facts nor indication of when it happened we contacted the crane’s owner Irish based wind turbine specialist McNallys. It seems that the accident had occurred around eight weeks ago and thankfully no one was hurt. McNally’s [...]
Crane boom folds in Jubail
The boom of a telescopic truck crane collapsed yesterday while erecting an electricity pylon in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The crane, a four axle Tadano truck crane was rigged with full boom, and fully extended swingaway extension. The crane had been erecting a pylon The crane was rigged with its bi-fold swingaway erected and all six [...]
Crawler crane tips in Florida
A crawler crane tipped over backwards in Sarasota Florida yesterday bringing down power lines and dropping its load onto a house, no one was injured in the incident. The crane, an older American Crane and Derrick model is owned by John Burgstiner Inc and was apparently working on a bridge replacement project near the intersection of Lockwood [...]
Crane working at Factoria Mall tips over
BELLEVUE, Wash. - A crane tipped over at Factoria Mall early Saturday. The accident happened at about 5 a.m. in an empty parking lot. The crane operator was moving an awning with a mall sign on it when the crane started to tip over. The operator was able to jump out. He was not injured. Firefighters are investigating.
Boom truck tips
A large boom truck tipped over on Sherbourne street in Toronto yesterday, bringing down power lines falling across a street, no injuries were reported. A Grove truck crane was called in for the recovery The boom truck was a recent National Crane model with a considerable amount of boom extended. A four axle truck crane was called in to [...]
Tower crane collapses in Russia
A luffing jib tower crane has come crashing down across a busy highway in Russia and was caught on camera by traffic video. We are not sure when it happened or exactly where, but amazingly only the operator was hurt, possibly fatally.
Tornado downs crane
A tornado that touched down during a bad storm in the Bahamas, has been blamed for overturning a port crane yesterday, killing two men in the crane. There was one other fatality and four injuries at the port, although not necessarily associated with the crane accident. The collapased container crane The crane collapsed at the Freeport [...]
