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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports: By Company Name May Reports Received: 36 May Deaths: 10 Accident Reports Received for 2003: 114 Deaths to date for 2003: 59 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Fact: most folks, including crane operators, have never seen an actual crane accident. |
| Enhanced Reports — May 2003
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| 05/31/03: Temecula, California —
Crane topples, slams into bridge | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 05/29/03: West Phoenix, Arizona —
Crane topples in west Phoenix, 4 workers hurt | Must register to access. | |
 05/29/03: Spottsville, Kentucky —
Crane hits Spottsville bridge; traffic on U.S. 60 blocked| Must register to access. | |
| 05/29/03: Mexico City, Mexico —
Accident forces delay of Mexico freeway opening | Cache Copy | |
| 05/29/03: Mobile, Alabama —
Fire knocks out crane at dock. | Dead Link | | Cache Copy |  Operator Alert! Critical checkpoint/potential hazard.“The fire was in an electrical box that determines how much weight the crane can lift.” |
 05/28/03: Clinton, Iowa — Worker hospitalized after 35-foot fall in Clinton| Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
 05/28/03: Cape Town, South Africa —
Frozen fish kills man.| Cache Copy | |
| 05/27/03: Henrico County, Virginia —
Construction Accident | Cache Copy | The soggy ground is to blame for an accident that sent a crane truck into a Henrico home Tuesday. It happened while workers were taking down tree limbs in front of the house. A jack that supports the truck sunk into the mud, sending the truck onto its side. It clipped a portion of the house. No one was home at the time. Editorial note: Soft ground is not the “blame” for this incident. Blame should be placed on the crane operator for failing to place mats under the outriggers. |
| 05/24/03: Singapore —
Crane crash: Developer loses permit | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 05/22/03: New Smyrna Beach, Florida — Wind gust lowers the boom as a crane crushes cars | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
 05/22/03: Pace, Florida — Gulf Power lineman electrocuted in Panhandle | Dead Link | | Cache Copy |Joseph D. “J.D.” Webb died Tuesday, the same day emergency personnel in a neighboring Florida Panhandle county were honored for saving the life of another Gulf Power employee shocked two weeks earlier. This is the 20th. 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. |
| 05/21/03: Wellington, New Zealand — Crushed port worker remains in critical condition | Cache Copy | |
| 05/20/03: Fresno, California — Crane falls onto empty trailer at courthouse construction site. | Cache Copy | |
 05/19/03: Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey — Commuter line shut down after crane severs cables| Dead Link | | Cache Copy | 05/20/03 update: Service restored on North Jersey Coast Line after barge accident | Cache Copy | NJ Transit said the tugboat operator, Charles Brogan, 56, of New York, admitted to investigators that the boom of the crane struck the overhead wires as he maneuvered through the open drawbridge. This is the 19th. 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. |
| 05/14/03: San Diego, California — Crane Accident Shuts Down I-5/805 Merge | Cache Copy | Small Photo The crane was operated by Condon-Johnson & Associates Inc. of Oakland 05/16/03 update: Traffic back, power on after crane accident | Cache Copy | 05/17/03 update: Most citations minor for owner, operator of machine at merge | Cache Copy | 01/28/04 update: Probe into toppling of crane is concluded | Cache Copy | State withdraws disputed citation. This is the 18th. 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. Photo |
| 05/14/03: Natick, Massachusetts — Fallen crane causes power outage: the driver, Ernie Tupper of Framingham, escapes injury, but Natick homeowners are inconvenienced. | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Reportedly the crane belongs to All Time Crane Service This is the 17th. 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. |
| 05/13/03: England — Crane accident closes rail line | Cache Copy | |
| 05/12/03: Houston, Texas —
Crane Overturns, Shuts Down Freeway | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 05/12/03: Seoul, Korea —
Train/Crane accident kills one, injures others | Cache Copy | Photo | Cache Copy | If there had been a derailment the crane operator would have had railcars down his shirt collar. DP |
| 05/10/03: Blackman Township, Michigan — Dummy Award Truck hits overpass, closing part of U.S. 127 | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 05/10/03: Fayetteville, North Carolina — Crane hits pole, knocks out power | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | This is the 16th. 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. |
| 05/09/03: Howard Lake, Minnesota — Boom truck spills diesel, hydraulic fluid near lake | Cache Copy | The accident occurred at about 5:20 a.m., when driver Jonathan Walters, 31, of Buffalo, going southbound, attempted to pass under the bridge, according to the Wright County Sheriff's report. The clearance at the bridge is labeled as being 11 feet, seven inches. Walters indicated that the crane clearance was 13 feet, according to the accident report. The truck is owned by McCormick Crane of Rockford. |
| 05/09/03: Wisconsin — Boom hits power line, causes outage in Bellevue, Allouez. | Cache Copy | Reportedly a worker for Arby Construction was operating a boom by remote control when it touched power lines. This is the 15th. 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. |
| 05/09/03: Bridge plowed by another truck | Cache Copy |
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| 05/09/03: Milton TWP, Ohio —
Crane pays new home visit as an unwelcome guest. | Cache Copy | As the last piece balanced on the crane, a “large wind gust” came and forced the machinery over. Nice photo |
| 05/09/03: Quezon City, Phillippines — Circus Elephant Snarls Manila Traffic | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Jumbo, a tranquilized circus elephant, lands on the side of a truck after the rope tied to him loosened while he was being lifted by a crane in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila. Photos 05/11/03 update: Trainer left Jumbo's cage open, says show organizers | Cache Copy | |
| 05/08/03: Carrollton, Georgia —
Woman in car killed in crane accident | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 05/08/03: Japan —
Worker crushed to death under crane | Dead Link | |Cache Copy N/A | Photo |
| 05/08/03: Kampung Tawas —
Crane operator killed in freak accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 05/07/03: Milwaukee, Wisconsin —
Beam falls, kills construction worker 05/08/03 update: The company involved, Danny's Construction, also employed the steelworkers who were killed in the Miller Park crane collapse in 1999. Photo 05/08/03 update: Local pastor's death saddens family, schools, Hispanic community | Cache Copy | OSHA Reports |
| 05/07/03: Ludington, Michigan —
A barge captain is dead after an accident at a consumers power facility in Mason county. | Cache Copy | |
| 05/06/03: Corpus Christi, Texas —
Buckled sign scaffolding bottlenecks SPID | Cache Copy | |
| 05/02/03: Los Angeles, California —
Man critical after construction accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
| 05/01/03: Summerville.pe.cn —
This Waite's Electric boom-truck got caught up in electrical wires. | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 05/01/03: Houston, Texas —
Worker killed in accident at high rise construction site | Cache Copy | |
| 05/01/03: Holland —
Although it wasn't a crane as we normally conceive one, there was a major lifting accident. One worker was killed and another injured | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photos (4) English Version |