by Max Daman | Aug 18, 2022 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Editor Notes: Rarely do I post crane accidents. This crawler crane did not kill anyone. Cranes, like guns, inherently do not kill. Like firearms, it is whoever fired the trigger. No gun has ever been on trial for committing a crime. This event is awful. The aim is to...
by admin | Sep 24, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
BEAUMONT — Two people injured when part of a large highway sign frame and crane dropped on their cars in 2016 will share in a $4.8 million settlement. The accident happened in February 2016 when a large sign frame was being lifted into place with a mobile crane truck...
by admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
HELLS KITCHEN, Manhattan — Two beams being lifted by a crawler crane came loose and are dangling at a construction site near the Javits Center, the FDNY said on Tuesday. Officials said the construction site is located across from the Javits Center on 34th Street and...
by admin | Jul 24, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
You can see the twisted steel from the highway driving through Providence. You can’t miss it if you’re on the water in the upper Providence River. A large crane and a barge have been submerged for about nine months, since October 2017. No government agency...
by admin | Apr 20, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
According to NOLA.com the operator of a crane installing sheet piling along a drainage canal in Old Mandeville Thursday morning (April 19) had to be rescued after the crane overturned in the water and trapped him in the submerged cab. The operator was transported to a...
by admin | Feb 26, 2018 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A boom truck doing tree work in the North Shore of Chattanooga toppled over into two homes Friday afternoon. A crew with the Chattanooga Tree Service was removing a tree from the yard of Derrick Hatter when the boom truck tipped over into his house while lifting a...
