The boom of a mobile crane buckled this morning while removing the large Christmas tree from the top of the Macys store in Atlanta, Georgia this morning.
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Fatal crane incident in Bahrain
by Ernie Pierini
January 2, 2013
A man was crushed yesterday in Hidd, Bahrain after a mobile lattice boom crane dropped a container load of concrete slabs.
A full mini bus struck the overhanging boom of parked Rough Terrain crane in Thailand this morning. Thankfully and amazingly, no one was seriously hurt. A full mini bus struck…
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Runaway crane in Bangkok
by Ernie Pierini
December 18, 2012
The boom of a runaway crane brought down numerous overhead cables and telegraph poles in Bangkok, early on Saturday, causing damage to seven cars and one house as well as…
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Gillingham accident shows importance of appointing lift supervisor
by Ernie Pierini
December 6, 2012
An accident in Gillingham, UK, demonstrated the importance of agreeing whether a client or lift contractor is responsible for planning lifting operations, says the UK Health and Safety Executive.
We finally have details of the crane that overturned in the UK last week, a 100 tonne four axle All Terrain on a road in Antrobus, south of Warrington.
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Fatal crane incident in Vietnam
by Ernie Pierini
November 23, 2012
We can now confirm the fatal crawler crane overturn in Ba Ria, Vung Tau, in southern Vietnam on Sunday.
A 70 year old crane operator was trapped under his crane in Borge to the northeast of Fredrikstad, after it overturned on Saturday.
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.