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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name July Reports Received: 23 July Deaths: 21 Accident Reports Received for 2003: 163 Deaths to date for 2003: 89 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — July 2003
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 07/31/03: Garnavillo, Iowa — Man killed in construction accident near Garnavillo| Cache Copy | A 19-year-old man was killed Wednesday when the crane he was working on tipped over. |
 07/31/03: Omaha, Nebraska — Miracle Drug Needed By 3 O'Clock If Omaha Ironworker To Walk Again| Cache Copy | |
| 07/30/03: Pasadena, California — Light weight topples champ | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | Photo |
| 07/30/03: UK — Oil platform incident delays flights | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | The crane's power apparently blew just as it was getting into position to make a lift and the boom fell on to the helideck. |
| 07/30/03: Tampa, Florida — Worker dies in construction accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
| 07/30/03: Columbia, South Carolina — Elementary school construction accident sends 2 to hospital | Cache Copy | They were using a crane to lift the sheet metal when officials say it became unbalanced and slipped hitting two young workers. |
 07/25/03: Bowling Green, Kentucky — Heavy storms lead to man's electrocution| Cache Copy | Billy Trowbridge, 59, was working to repair storm-related damage at Beech Bend Park when his left shoulder touched a hot wire from a transformer. This is the 31st. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/24/03: Houston, Texas — Utility worker fatally shocked by power lines in SW Houston | Cache Copy | Twenty-six-year-old James Stinson was working on a sign at a The Excel Motor Cars dealership along the Southwest Freeway near the Beltway. Firefighters say he was using a cherry picker to get to the top when it got too close. “He made contact with the power lines, and the worker in the basket received an electrical shock,” said Captain Gary Stevenson with the Houston Fire Department. This is the 30th. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/24/03: Lake Stevens, Washington —
Marysville man electrocuted on the job identified | Cache Copy | William Ross, 51, was using a cable to guide a piece of steel to the ground at Concrete Nor'West in the 15400 block of 84th Street NE. The crane lifting the steel hit a high-voltage power line, according to Snohomish County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen. This is the 29th. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/24/03: East Dubbo, Australia — Crane operator escapes injury after slab falls | Cache Copy | |
| 07/23/03: Shijiazhuang, China — Five electrocuted in crane accident | Cache Copy | Five workers died when they were electrocuted as the arm (boom) of their mechanical crane grazed high-tension wires in Shijiazhuang in northern China, state media reported today. This is the 28th. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/21/03: Canada — One woman killed after massive crane crushes pickup in St. John's | Dead Link | CTV News story | Cache Copy | 07/22/03 update: Police identify Newfoundland woman killed in crash of huge crane truck | Cache Copy | 10/18/04 update: Firm fined for crane crash | Cache Copy | |
| 07/17/03: North Dakota — Construction accident at new bridge injures worker
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| 07/16/03: Punta Gorda Isles, Florida — Crane topples from barge in PGI | Cache Copy | |
| 07/15/03: Providence, Rhode Island — Man dies after being pinned by crane | Cache Copy | |
 07/11/03: Miami, Texas — Crane operator shocked, burned by power lines.While working on a railroad expansion here Thursday, a Hereford man was injured when a crane became entangled with power lines. Roberts County Sheriff's Deputy Rick Smithey said that around 11 a.m., Anthony Abeyta, 19, working for Messer Construction of Hereford, was unloading concrete railroad ties from a work train to the new rail bed using a link-belt crane. When workers raised the crane, the boom got into some power lines above the crossing on North Main Street and Railroad Avenue, Smithey said. Abeyta was holding onto the clamps on the rail tie and suffered electrical shock. He was conscious with burns to his hands and feet, Smithey said, and was flown by Lifestar to University Medical Center. Abeyta was the only one injured in the accident, Smithey said. Xcel Energy officials arrived on the scene to check the lines, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad officials shut the site down for the day, Smithey said. Miami is about 70 miles northeast of Amarillo. This is the 27th. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/10/03: Middletown, Ohio — AK Steel worker dies in mill today |
| 07/08/03: Canada — Man dies in hydro wire accident | Cache Copy | This is the 26th. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/07/03: Mangilao, Guam — Crane yanks lights | Cache Copy | This is the 25th. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/04/03: Hattiesburg, Mississippi — Crane falls on roof of Bone and Joint clinic | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 07/02/03: Johor Bahru, Indonesia — Worker killed, 14 others seriously injured in lift crash | Cache Copy | |
| 07/01/03: Rehoboth, Massachusetts — 1 Worker Killed, 4 Hurt By High-Voltage Power Line | Cache Copy | This is the 24th. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 07/01/03: Korea — Crane Accident at Construction Site Kills 5, injures others. Five workers were killed yesterday morning when a crane beam broke and fell at an apartment construction site in Pyongtaek, Kyonggi Province. Four others were seriously injured and are receiving medical care at nearby hospitals. The workers were working above the crane when its beam broke, causing them to fall 45 meters to the ground below, killing five instantly. |