Archive For June 1999
June Reports Received: 11
June Deaths: 10
Deaths to date for 1999: 17 (reported to this site)
Accident Reports Received for 1999: 36
Late reports are not included in the above numbers.
The above numbers are global.
 June 19, 1999: FREEPORT, Brazoria County, Texas
Crane accident on bridge job claims second victim. | Dead Link |
The Highway 288 bridge north of Freeport was reopened Friday after the state highway department deemed it sound in the wake of Thursday's crane accident that claimed two lives.
June 18, 1999: Paterson, New Jersey
Crane operator crushed to death by a torrent of bricks.
| Dead Link |
June 22, 1999: Melbourne, Australia
Operator killed due to crane contact with power line.
This is the third power line related death posted to this site in less than a week.
June 17, 1999: North Little Rock, Arkansas)
Two Workers Electrocuted
Two 29-year-old billboard workers are dead after being electrocuted by more than six-thousand volts of electricity as they worked on an outdoor sign. Jessie Simmons and Jose Marerro, both employees of Donrey Outdoor Advertising, were killed yesterday in North Little Rock.
 6/17/99: ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
* Crane Falls On Construction Worker
3 Hurt, 1 seriously when crane boom falls. Investigators probe why the tower buckled. Story by Chicago Tribune's Staff Writer Eric Ferkenhoff.
 Here is a photo that was sent by a supporter of this site.
* Arlington Heights Post Story
UPDATE * 6/24/99 By Jerry Wallis and Andrea L. Brown, Staff Writers
6/10/99: Albuquerque, NM
FATAL ACCIDENT
The crane accident (fatality) in Albuquerque, NM last Thursday was a sign company. They were using a basket on a ladder boom truck. All the information I have so far is from the News Paper article. It said that the basket became detached from the boom and the basket and the man in it fell forty feet to the pavement. They were apparently changing light bulbs in the sign. The article didn't say whether or not it was a fixed basket or suspended. I suspect that it probably was suspended. Those ladder booms typically have the ball/block attached with cable clamps. I'll forward more information as it becomes available.--Scott O.
6/10/99: Renton, Washington
FATAL ACCIDENT
Seattle Times | Dead Link |
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June 10: Man dies in crane accident at Boeing factory when the cab of an overhead crane breaks and falls 60 feet at a Boeing Company wing assembly operation. * KING TV Coverage of the accident
6/9/99: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSU crane accident kills one worker, injures two | Dead Link |
By Melissa Moore, Advocate staff writer.
 8/3/99:
A federal agency has proposed a $56,000 fine against Baton Rouge construction company, Milton J. Womack Construction Co. Inc., for an alleged safety violation found during the investigation of a crane accident at LSU that killed one man and injured two others.
June 9, 1999: Crane accident, Sparrows Point, Maryland.
A 2250 Manitowoc with Max tower, twisted out of air and fell across a ac535 Demag, multiple injuries. * WMAR-TV
Baltimore (this link is already useless. I linked this morning and they have already removed the story)
* WBAL-TV Baltimore Now their link is gone. When *O* when will the Webmasters ever wake up?
June 3, 1999: Naperville, IL
Three workers injured after crane topples
| Dead Link | | Cache Copy |
June 1, 1999: Canada
Operator dies from injuries following an accident with a 4100 Manitowoc.
6/26/99: Photos are now up
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