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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | By Company Name October Reports Received: 18 October Deaths: 8 Accident Reports Received for 2001: 141 Deaths to date for 2001: 93 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — October 2001 |
  10/27/01: Kingston, Ontario, Canada — Father, son electrocuted at worksite| Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | June 20, 2003 update: Underground Services (1983) Ltd. fined $150,000 for health and safety violation | Cache Copy | Jim Clement, 56, and his son Ryan Clement, 26, were both killed shortly after 1:00 a.m. (working at night) Friday when a crane truck from Trenton Crane Service came into contact with overhead high-voltage wires, electrocuting the pair. Apparently working at night, driving with the boom up, they made contact with power lines. The son was on a flatbed truck when it happened and made the mistake of grounding himself as he got off to check things out. Just as unfortunate, his father got out of the crane's cab for the same reason. See other power line related incidents This is the 31st (AVOIDABLE!) incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work equipment near energized power lines. |
| 10/25/01: College Station, Texas — Crane topples over at Rock Prairie construction site | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | Big photo - another WOW photo |
 10/25/01: Osaka, Japan — Two workers die falling from condo | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A |Another was critically injured shortly before noon Thursday after the two fell from a condominium under construction in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, firefighters said. |
| 10/19/01: Bellevue, Washington — Accident injures worker critically | Registration req'd | |
| 10/16/01: State College, Pennsylvania — I-99 steel worker injured after beam slips from crane | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
| 10/15/01: Gulf Shores, Alabama — Condo occupants narrowly escape toppled crane | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
| 10/11/01: Michigan — Man, 41, in good condition after crane runs over him | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
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10/10/01: Lacon, Alabama — Crane flips snarling I-65 traffic | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | A Rogersville man, David W. Roach, 35, was injured Tuesday when he reportedly lost control of the huge 180-ton Barnhart crane he was driving northbound on I-65 down Lacon Mountain, struck a guardrail and flipped upside down in the median, snarling southbound interstate traffic for more than five hours. |
| 10/10/01: Melbourne, Australia — Man electrocuted in crane accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | This is the 30th (AVOIDABLE!) incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work equipment near energized power lines. |
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10/10/01: Singapore — Crane topples over near World Trade Centre | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | Photo |
10/09/01: Seattle, Washington — Wayward crane knocks out power to some | Cache Copy |This is the 29th (AVOIDABLE!) incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work equipment near energized power lines. |
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10/07/01 – Kerry, Ireland — Inquiry into fatal Kerry accident | Cache Copy | This is the 28th (AVOIDABLE!) incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. |
| 10/04/01: Sydney, Australia — Union imposes crane bans after St Leonard's building site accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
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10/04/01: Carlsbad, California — Crane knocks out power | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | This is the 27th (AVOIDABLE!) incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work equipment near energized power lines. |
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10/03/01 – Cape Canaveral, Florida — Boeing worker killed in launch pad accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
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10/02/01 – Dodge County, Georgia — A Dodge County man electrocuted while trimming trees | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | This is the 26th (AVOIDABLE!) incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. |
| 10/02/01 Hedgesville, West Virginia – Hedgesville man killed when crane goes off road | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | William R. "Bill" Weigle, a 51-year-old Hedgesville man was killed early Thursday when the 25-ton crane truck he was driving ran off a narrow road a half-mile from his house and rolled down a steep embankment, West Virginia State Police said. |
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