Crane Accident

A crane boom came down on to two men at a site in Perry, Ohio – south of Akron – on Saturday, they died instantly.

A crawler crane tipped forward slowly on Tuesday at a site in Norway as the operator lowered the jib for the day.

A crane boom collapse caused a heavy load to drop around 30 metres onto a van during the Bauma breakdown last week.

A Jost 108 hydraulic luffing jib tower crane lost its jib on a London construction site on Monday.

A crawler crane was at risk of slipping into the water yesterday as the barge it was working from started to sink just off Coney Island in New York City.

A Rough Terrain crane working at a marina at Monmouth Beach – south of New York City in New Jersey overturned yesterday.

An All Terrain crane crashed through the roof of a shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa this morning seriously injuring a man.

A man has died, while another was injured yesterday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after the truck mounted lift they were using overturned.

A man has died and three were injured when a gantry collapsed at the Arkansas Nuclear One plant in Russellville, Arkansas, this weekend.

A small city type crane overturned near Plymouth, in south west England yesterday.