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A large mobile self-erecting tower crane has gone over in Uitikon on the west side of Zurich, Switzerland yesterday.

Victims’ families can sue ‘King of Cranes’ over deadly 2008 crash.

Seven injured when crane drops air-conditioning unit onto midtown Manhattan street.

A construction worker was standing on the 19th storey of an unfinished Sengkang HDB block when a 7,660kg prefabricated structure carried by a tower crane crashed into him.

The nature of operation of tower cranes means that in some cases and at certain times in the course of such operation, the boom or counterweight may due to the physical title boundaries of the developed land, necessarily extend over adjoining land.

After a string of crane-related incidents this year, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced that all new and existing registered mobile cranes used in workplaces are to be equipped with data loggers.

A bridge launcher crane helping build a new elevated highway in Manila, the Philippines, collapsed yesterday.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has reported its 2015 collision data is shaping up to see a seventh consecutive year in which inattentive driving surpasses impaired driving as a causal factor in the fatal collisions it investigates.

Liebherr has started to provide rescue sheets for its mobile cranes in order to assist with crane recovery following an incident.

Terex Cranes has issued a new warning about counterfeit versions of Terex crawler crane models, this time originating from South Korea.