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| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | By Company Name November Reports Received: 27 November Deaths: 19 Accident Reports Received for 2002: 159 Deaths to date for 2002: 89 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — November 2002
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| 02/16/03 late report: Japan — Runaway Crane Kills Couple, Badly Hurts Daughter | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
| 11/30/02: Yachats, Oregon — Accident slows transport of a Campbell Crane for Cooks Chasm Bridge construction | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | Photo Campbell Crane Accident history |
 11/28/02: Wichita, Kansas — Trapped worker injured; now in critical condition| Cache Copy | |
 11/26/02: Frisco, Texas — One worker killed, another injured in water tower accident| Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 11/26/02: Waltham, Massachusetts — Fund set up to benefit accident victim's family | Dead Link | 04/15/03 update: Widow files lawsuit in bucket truck accident | Dead Link | OSHA Cites Weymouth, Mass., Employer in Waltham Tipover Death, Stresses Need for Proper Worker Training to Prevent Similar Deaths | Cache Copy | Brite Lite Electrical Co., Inc., of Weymouth, Mass., has been cited for four alleged serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and faces $14,700 in fines following the Nov. 24 death of Dennis O'Neil of Tewksbury, Mass. O'Neill was working in the bucket of an aerial lift, stringing Christmas lights on Waltham Common, when the truck tipped over, causing him to fall to the ground. |
| 11/23/02: Albuquerque, New Mexico — Crane falls on home during battle with tree | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 11/22/02: UK — Containers 'spill like dominoes' at port | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 11/20/02: Cowarts, Alabama — Father-son painting duo killed in electrical accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | 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. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
 11/19/02: Port Charlotte, Florida — Another power line contact involving a Bucket Truck. 2 electrical workers were injured.By Doyle Peeks This one happened near the home base of craneaccidents.com. The incident energized a child care facility where two of our great grandchildren attend. Our grandaughter had just minutes before the incident picked the children up for her sister to take them to her home for the evening. Sun-Herald story Pike Electric investigating accident | Cache Copy | 05/12/03 update: Pike Electric may have to pay a $25,000 federal fine. | Cache Copy | 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. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 11/17/02: Daytona Beach, Florida — Construction accident pins worker beneath elevator mechanism | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 11/15/02: Madrid, Spain — Two Spanish sailors killed as gusts topple crane | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 11/13/02: Madrid, Spain — Crane accidents kill three in Spain | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| Another power line contact Photos (5) 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. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 11/12/02: Lancaster, Pennsylvania — Worker killed at Warwick High construction site | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | 11/14/02 update: Landis, Inc., could be fined for man's death | Cache Copy | |
| 11/11/02: Uptown New York — Crane cable hits bystander | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 11/11/02: Kittery, Maine — Crane section topples into river near shipyard | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | 12/14/02: Crane recovered from Piscataqua River |
| 11/10/02: Sandpoint, Idaho — Crews to pluck crane from lake | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 11/07/02: Kuala Lumpur — Luffing crane boom crash, workers safe | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 11/07/02: Carrolton, Texas — Crane Crashes Onto Police Building | Cache Copy | Photo Slideshow Crocker Crane Co. Inc. 06/23/1997 – Employee Killed When Crushed By Rail Crane |
| 11/06/02: Foster City, California — Crane Accident Traps Operator In Cab | Cache Copy | |
| 11/04/02: Roseville, Michigan — Accident Injures Road Worker | Cache Copy | Photo/Video |
| 11/04/02: Dubai — 3 die in Dubai dry dock accident | Dead link | | Cache Copy N/A | Two Indians and a Pakistani were killed when a crane they were working on at the Dubai dry dock collapsed, the second such accident in less than a year. |
 11/04/02: Vero Beach, Florida — Mishap puts crane on power lines| Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | 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. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 11/02/02: UK — Man killed in crane accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | A spokeswoman for the Health and Safety Executive, which is now investigating the incident, said: "The man was working for the piling contractor, Cementations Skanska, and was standing near the piling rig which was driving solid concrete posts into the ground. |
| 11/01/02: Penobscot, Maine — Power line sends shock to worker
| Dead Link | Bryan Smith of Bucksport, who is about 18 years old, appeared to have suffered the more severe injury, according to Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy Ken Mitchell. Smith's co-worker, William Stevenson, also of Bucksport, who Mitchell said was in his 30s, was not directly struck when the electrical current surged down the mast of the sailboat. Mitchell said Smith was on the ground operating a small custom-made crane. 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. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 11/01/02: Cuijk, Netherlands — Sir, for your information. The dutch news came with this reporting today. In a place called Cuijk, in the Netherlands a crane came down in townscenter during the installing of ballast. Two men where killed, the operator and a mechanic and one injured. Because there where a lot of witnesses, a special trauma team is set up for help. The Dutch Safety Inspection is doing an investigation. Photo |
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