Crane Accident

The boom of a crane buckled in Valletta, Malta last week while pouring concrete, no one was hurt in the incident and damage was light.

An All Terrain crane overturned onto a rare car last week in Gits, Belgium – to the south of Brugge. Thankfully no one was injured or hurt in the incident.

A mobile crane overturned in Haugesund, Norway last night while lifting a tower crane jib. The crane operator was pulled out of the cab by work colleagues and was apparently unhurt.

Long traffic delays were created yesterday after a crane collided with a sign entering a bridge on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia. The details of what happened are not completely…

Strong winds brought a tower crane down across the main road/promenade and onto a passing car yesterday evening in Larnaca, Cyprus killing a woman and seriously injuring her husband. It also damaged several parked cars.

An operator was injured yesterday after his crane overturned, while lifting a shipping container from a truck outside a school in Bradenton, Florida.

A large All Terrain crane overturned on Saturday on a ‘brownfield’ construction site in Johor Baru in southern Malaysia.

A crane driver had a miraculous escape yesterday in West Hollywood, California after his pick & carry crane overturned into the lower levels of a new building.

A mobile crane overturned yesterday on the top of Toppu Dam in Hokkaido, Northern Japan and hung over the edge of the dam with the operator trapped inside the upside down cab.

The boom of a crane being transported slewed in to the road and caught a school bus in Hillsboro, Oregon yesterday.