Crane Accidents

The 12 tonne Hydra crane built by ACE, reportedly lifting a two tonne concrete pile, when the ground under its front wheels subsided causing it to tip over sideways with the three section boom dropping across the busy road. Officials from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation immediately blamed the incident on operator negligence

We have received more details and photos from the crane accident in Auckland this week from an eye witness in a bid to help others learn from any mistakes.

A Rough Terrain crane rolled over on its side yesterday in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, injuring the operator.

A crane tipped over in Akron, Ohio yesterday with its boom crashing into the roof of a house. The three axle truck crane was removing a large dead tree from the rear garden of the home.

A worker suffered serious head injuries after being struck by steel beams which fell from a tower crane

Mr. Varganyi was released without bail; Mr. Lomma was also released, but he must post $100,000 bail within a week.

The accused were described as “reckless” by district attorney Cyrus Vance, who said that their alleged negligence with the tower crane on the 333 East 91st Street construction site, led directly to the deaths of two construction workers.

Two house roofs were smashed in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday as a crane arm broke off and fell on them.

The 40 tonne All Terrain crane was travelling on an unclassified road behind Stokesay Castle when it got stuck and then rolled, coming to rest upside down.

This is Gerry Wiebe creator and senior blogger at www.craneblogger.com sending you all a year end message and one last video to view before Christmas 2009.