A Brockville man is dead after the boom of a crane he was helping to operate touched a live electrical wire Wednesday
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At approximately 5:00 o’clock Thursday afternoon, a crane owned and operated by Kenneth Smith of Sea Cow’s Bay overturned while working on the steel frame section of the roof of the new St. George’s Primary School in Road Town causing extensive damage to the roof of the present school.
What British Petroleum calls the best short-term solution to stopping the gush of oil, still leaking out of control into the Gulf of Mexico, was expected to leave Port Fourchon late this afternoon.
Worker suffers serious head injuries after fall
A worker suffered serious head injuries after being struck by steel beams which fell from a tower crane
A crane and 1,000-tonnes of scaffolding collapsed at a construction site south of Halle on Wednesday morning, temporarily trapping several workers and injuring 11 people, police said.
A crane toppled onto power lines and a home on Monday. 1,400 homes were left without electricity on Monday evening.
Firefighters are investigating after a crane lifting an awning fell over at the Factoria Mall in Bellevue, Washignton. Luckily nobody was injured.
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A 70 metre truck mount tipped over in the North of Holland yesterday after one of its jacks punched through a concrete yard. The lift, owned by Belgian rental company Maes, was working in a farm yard installing a mobile phone antenna to the top of a silo.