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Crane Related Accidents
July 2005

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July Reports Received: 18
July Deaths: 13
Accident Reports Received for 2005: 124
Deaths to date for 2005: 67
Late reports are included in the above numbers.
The above numbers are global.
Statistics for prior years
ATTENTION! The numbers above indicate there is a great need for more training and safety awareness. Anyone having anything to do with cranes should take heed. The majority of the accidents were caused by human error. Translation: smart people doing dumb things.                                      

Enhanced Reports — July 2005

Dummy*  7/31/05: Yakima, Washington — Malcolm Drilling crane touches power line, giving two workers a jolt
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This is the 20th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.

Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live!

7/29/05: Point Loma, California — Crane Collapses In Point Loma
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Fatal  7/27/05: Slovak Republic — Mobile Crane Overturns
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*Fatal  7/23/05: Columbus, Ohio — Worker Electrocuted
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This is the 19th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.

Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live!

FatalFatalFatalFatalFatalFatalFatal  *  7/23/05: Bangkok, Thailand — Engineer dies in bridge accident; other workers missing and injured.
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7/25/05: 6 more bodies recovered from Mekong bridge accident
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DUMMY!  7/19/05: Rhode Island — Crane on barge slams into Sakonnet bridge
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*  7/19/05: Plymouth, Minnesota — Worker Rescued After Plymouth Crane Accident
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Fatal  7/19/05: United Kingdom — Teenager dies in fall from crane
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Fatal  7/18/05: Shady Grove, Pennsylvania — Dale E. Heefner, dies after fall at the Grove-Manitowoc Crane Group facility
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*  7/18/05: Williamstown, Massachusetts — Worker injured at building site
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7/17/05: New Zealand — A mobile crane rears up on its back two wheels
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*  7/17/05: Garapan, New Jersey — Man electrocuted in CUC project
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This is the 18th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.

Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live!

*  7/13/05: Milton, Vermont — State begins investigation into why crane boom fell
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*Fatal   7/10/05: Leavenworth, Kansas — Construction worker electrocuted in Leavenworth [Concrete Pumper]
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This is the 17th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.

Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live!

Dummy  7/08/05: Ocean City, Maryland — Crane Crash
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This is the 16th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.

Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live!

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*  7/06/05: Jacksonville, Florida — Crane Collapse At Beach Condo Project Injures Three
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ALERT    2/26/07: Penny Caused Crane Collapse
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2/27/07: Injured Worker Reaches Settlement
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*  7/02/05: Japan — Man fighting for life after being trapped under fallen crane
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Dummy  7/01/05: Apex, North Carolina — Contractor Shocked By Downed Power Line
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This is the 15th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.

Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live!

7/01/05: Forest Park, Missouri — Crane Overturns Near Forest Park
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