A crane operator died yesterday in Whitby Ontario, Canada, after his crane overturned on top of him. According to local news reports the man worked with Galcon Marine, who it is assumed, owned the crane. The company has a number of lattice crawler cranes, mostly Koehring and Link Belt units fitted with draglines or clamshells with capacitis of up to 50 tons.
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A tower crane operator was rescued yesterday in Montreal, Canada, after he fell around five metres. The man was reportedly climbing the tower and had almost reached the cab of the 35 metre high crane, when he slipped and fell around five metres inside the tower.
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Fatal crane accident in Texas
by Ernie Pierini
February 20, 2012
A 20 year-old man died in a crane accident at a pipe and steel distributor’s facility in Leary, Texas yesterday. The incident occurred at the Jackson Pipe and Steel Company in Leary, near Texarkana on the border with Arkansas.
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WTC crane drops steel beams, 40 stories
by Ernie Pierini
February 17, 2012
A massive load of steel beams plummeted 40 stories from a crane perched atop a World Trade Center tower that is under construction Thursday morning — slamming into a flatbed truck and sending workers scrambling for cover.
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Crane boom comes down on jail
by Ernie Pierini
February 13, 2012
The lattice boom and jib of a crawler crane came crasing down onto a jail in Grand Rapids, Michigan yesterday, three men were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
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Crane collapse on new Port Mann Bridge
by Ernie Pierini
February 10, 2012
A gantry crane used to install section of the new Port Mann Bridge has suffered a partial collapse.
The family of a crane operator killed in a 2008 Upper East Side tower crane collapse is furious that the equipment’s millionaire owner has opted for a non-jury manslaughter trial.
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Three hurt in Aker Verdal fall
by Ernie Pierini
February 9, 2012
Three people were seriously injured in Norway yesterday after falling between 35 and 40 metres from a man basket suspended from a crane.
A boom truck crashed into the roof of a house in Concord New Hampshire yesterday as it attempted to lift parts of a tree from the rear garden.
A reader has sent us a fascinating video of a job in Zams, Austria, the client, a food company building a supermarket and restaurant, had to install a clear span concrete floor into an existing building. Might it also qualify for our Death Wish series though?