Crane Blogger

Tower Crane Collapsed last month in Jordan. Dangerous dismantle begins this weekend.

3 accidents in 4 months on an island of 410,000 people is ignorance on display.

Crane being climbed down for dismantle suffers failure and kills 2

The cause of four of the incidents is quite simply lack of inspections. The Dallas accident yesterday was due to a lattice boom rope failure (1 injured). The Huston Oil Refinery 2500 ton crane had allegedly the wrong bolts in the turntable (4 dead).

New York, NY The problems that led to the collapse of the Kodiak tower crane last year are becoming clearer. A story out of the New York Daily News today…

A new blogger has joined the team. Gaytor Rasmussen is here to maintain a blog on Tower Crane Accidents so that we can all learn from the errs of someone else’s ways.

Malta Self-Erecting tower crane being used to pour concrete collapsed and landed across two buildings. The crane was being ran with a remote control which is very common for self-erectors.…