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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Links | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name | January Reports Received: 17 January Deaths: 4 Accident Reports Received for 2006: 17 Deaths to date for 2006: 4 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — January 2006 |
 1/30/06: Atchison, Kansas — AmeriCast employee injured| Cache Copy | |
| 1/28/06: Aberdeen, South Dakota — Crane boom snaps in two. | Cache Copy | Photo Crane cracks, concrete crashes Downtown Aberdeen crowd cheers when operator emerges. No one knows how or why the crane weakened, said Jack Hollinsworth of Kyburz-Carlson Construction Co. of Aberdeen, general contractor for the ramp construction. The crane is owned by Gil Haugen Construction of Sioux Falls, a subcontractor for the ramp project. | Cache Copy | |
| Subscriber feedback: I do want to point out something I noticed in the second report on the South Dakota accident (1/28/06). The article reads, “Loebs said two workers stood underneath the slab as it was being lifted, but got out of the way when the crane gave out.” Are they NUTS!? I guess this is why OSHA states, “No person should be permitted to stand or pass under a load on the hook.” I would recommend you make a comment about this under the article posting. Love the site. I review it daily and pass on pertinent Operating Experiences to the field crews for use in prejob briefs and in training. 1/30/06: Construction Worker Says He Felt Concrete Falling | Cache Copy | 1/31/06: Crane owner says clutch or brake may be cause of accident | Cache Copy | 2/01/06: OSHA inquires on crane crash 6/08/06: No fault in crane crash | Cache Copy | |
 1/27/06: Miami, Florida — Roofer Falls Six Stories, Is Impaled On Fence| Cache Copy | Photo 1/29/06: Roofer killed in accident at Abbott House | Cache Copy | |
| 1/24/06: Punta Gorda, Florida — Sunshine Crane topples at public works building | Cache Copy | PHOTO/Video |
| 1/24/06: Canada — Crane driver killed in Glen Erie crash | Cache Copy | 1/25/06: Road's collapse blamed in deadly crane rollover | Cache Copy | |
| 1/19/06: Evanston, Illinois — Crane tilt prompts detour | Cache Copy | |
| 1/19/06: Baytown, Texas — Damaged pipeline diverts traffic on Bayway | Cache Copy | |
| 1/18/06: Clinton, North Carolina — Crane falls on worker, causes head injury | Cache Copy | 1/20/06: Operator's condition improves. | Cache Copy | |
 1/17/06: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Crane Cuts Power| Cache Copy | This is the 3rd AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 38 incidents reported to this site in 2005, 41 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! |
| 1/13/06: United Kingdom — Work to remove crane off of house continues | Cache Copy | |
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1/13/06: Port Wentworth, Georgia — Maxim Crane Knocks Down Wires, Stops Traffic | Cache Copy | This is the 2nd AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 38 incidents reported to this site in 2005, 41 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! |
| 1/10/06: Charlotte, North Carolina — Worker critically hurt in accident | Cache Copy | |
| 1/10/06: Australia — Dick Cooper, Australia's Canopy Crane operator dies in 50m crane fall | Cache Copy | Rainforest fall victim mourned | Cache Copy | The Australian Canopy Crane |
 1/09/06: Cape Coral, Florida — Construction worker killed in power line accident Concrete pump truck boom touches power line.| Cache Copy | 2/10/06: Another story w/Better Photo | Cache Copy | 3/02/06: A similar incident, same town. This is the 1st AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 38 incidents reported to this site in 2005, 41 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! |
| 1/08/06: Weehawken, New Jersey — Crane crushes three cars | Cache Copy | According to police, the massive crane, owned and operated by Gary Hochschild of Trenton and his company GMH Associates, was off-loading equipment for the work at Gregory Commons. PHOTO |
| 1/06/06: Everett, Washington — Crane operating on I-5 Everett project falls over | Cache Copy | 1/07/06: Story w/PHOTO | Cache Copy | |
| 1/04/06: Caroline County, Maryland — Construction Crane Smashes into School Bus | Cache Copy | |
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