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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Links | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports By Company Name November Reports Received: 26 November Deaths: 25 Accident Reports Received for 2007: 329 Deaths to date for 2007: 172 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — November 2007 |
| 11/30/07: United Kingdom — Collapsed crane causes Sale Moor traffic chaos | Cache Copy | Photo |
 11/28/07: Albany, New York — Auto Garage Employee Dies After Crane Collapse| Cache Copy | |
 11/25/07: Canada — Driver injured| Cache Copy | |
| 11/25/07: Bangalore, India — Crane avoids pothole, kills woman | Cache Copy | |
| 11/23/07: Greenville, South Carolina — Worker Dies After Crane Tire Runs Over His Leg | Cache Copy | Authorities say 27-year-old Jeff Moore of Ladson was able to talk to paramedics after the incident Wednesday morning, but died a short time later at the hospital. Moore worked for Tekna Corp., which manufactures pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete. The South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death. |
| 11/22/07: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Woman Hit In Head By Moving Crane | Cache Copy | Photo/Slideshow |
| 11/22/07: Paterson, New Jersey — Paterson crane collapses; no injuries reported | Cache Copy | Photo/Video |
  11/21/07: Cincinnatti, Ohio — Crane Collapses At School Construction Site In OTR| Cache Copy | 12/15/07: Owner (Maxim Crane) fined $4K in crane fall | Cache Copy | This is the 46th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 33 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 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! Photos/Video |
| 11/20/07: Australia — 12-tonne crane topples onto busy road | Cache Copy | |
| 11/18/07: Los Angeles, California — Crane Crashes Downtown | Cache Copy | Video |
| 11/16/07: Wuxi, China — 11 construction workers killed by falling elevator | Cache Copy | |
| 11/16/07: Nevada — Driver Crashes Watching Crane Accident | Cache Copy | |
| 11/14/07: Chapel Hill, North Carolina — UNC worker injured in crane accident | Cache Copy | |
 11/14/07: Houston, Texas — Crane Slams Into Freeway Overpass| Cache Copy | |
| 11/12/07: Ocala, Florida — Crane Accident Kills 1, Injures 2 | Cache Copy | Father Killed In Tree-Trimming Accident | Cache Copy | |
| 11/10/07: Jacksonville, Florida — Fort Caroline Road Blocked By Crane | Cache Copy | |
| 11/10/07: Missouri — Crash Triggers Explosion in Missouri | Cache Copy | This is the 45th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 33 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 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! |
| 11/10/07: Singapore — Crane crushes entrance to Lincoln Modern condo on Lincoln Road | Cache Copy | |
| 11/09/07: Dubai, UAE — Marina Bridge Mishap Kills Seven | Cache Copy | |
| 11/08/07: Pennsylvania — Driver Killed In Freak Montgomery Co. Accident | Cache Copy | Photo/Video Police yesterday identified the Birdsboro man killed Wednesday after a crane fell onto his truck at a Stowe concrete plant. West Pottsgrove Detective Sgt. Steve Ziegler said David Ronald Kennedy, 51, died of compression asphyxiation and blunt trauma, according to medical examiner Ian Hood, who performed an autopsy Wednesday night. Ziegler said Kennedy was operating an 18-wheeler at Universal Concrete Products on Old Reading Pike at 1:15 p.m. when a crane driven by David Gring, 44, of Royersford, overturned, crushing the roof of the truck. Ziegler said both men had to be extricated from their vehicles. Kennedy was pronounced dead at Pottstown Memorial Hospital, and Gring was treated for foot and leg injuries. Ziegler said police and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are conducting separate investigations. 4/12/08: Fatal crane accident in Stowe leads to federal fine| Cache Copy | |
| Keyword Relativity: Thackray Crane Rental Inc., Philadelphia, violations, Universal Concrete, Stowe, Montgomery County, citations, Ronald E. Kennedy |
| 11/08/07: Kansas — Wind farm crane topples | Cache Copy | |
| 11/06/07: Seattle, Washington — Man dies after falling from tower crane | Cache Copy | |
| 11/03/07: California — Car Crashes Into Construction Crane in Palm Desert | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 11/03/07: Howell, Michigan — Car Crushed When Crane Hits Whitmore Lake Road Bridge | Cache Copy | |
| 11/02/07: Shelburne, New Hampshire — Line worker killed in Shelburne | Cache Copy | This is the 44th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 33 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 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! |
| 11/01/07: Thornton, Colorado — Crane hits bridge, snarls I-25 | Cache Copy | |
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