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| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | By Company Name August Reports Received: 14 August Deaths: 13 Accident Reports Received for 2002: 101 Deaths to date for 2002: 54 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — August 2002
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 Dummy Award 08/31/02: Racine, Wisconsin — Crane hits wires, knocks out power | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | This is the 20th 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. |
 08/29/02: Marysville, Washington — Worker hurt in Marysville| Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
  08/27/02: Lakeland, Florida — Electric Worker Killed in Accident| Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Four others in crew hurt when boom hits power line.  11/16/02: Broken Rules Cited In Death 01/04/03: City of Lakeland, Florida Agrees To Pay WidowThis is the 19th 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. |
| 08/26/02: St Petersburg, Russia — Child killed by falling crane in St. Petersburg 08/26/2002 Associated Press Newswires Copyright 2002. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - A construction crane crashed to the ground in St. Petersburg on Monday, killing a 7-year-old child and injuring three other people, authorities said. The injured - two women and a 3-year-old child - were hospitalized, authorities said. Their conditions were not immediately available. The accident occurred in the Primorsky district far from the center of Russia's former Imperial capital, officials from the city Civil Defense and Emergency Situations department said. The cause was being investigated and prosecutors said they were trying to determine whether criminal charges for safety violations were warranted. |
| 08/26/02: Swansea, South Wales — Man dies after bungee accident | Cache Copy | Keeping the reins on bungee jumping | Cache Copy | |
| 08/24/02: Oxon Hill, Maryland — Fatal accident at Wilson Bridge construction site | Cache Copy | This is the 18th 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. |
| 08/24/02: New York — Construction elevator accident kills two workers | Registration site | |
| 08/21/02: Africa — Crane operator killed | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 08/20/02: Hoboken, New Jersey — Worker is shocked by lightning | Registration site | See related dialog – "Lightning and Crane Safety" |
| 08/18/02: Scotland — Streetlight accident kills workmen | Cache Copy | Two workmen died today after being electrocuted while fixing street lighting, police said. The men, one aged 22 and the other 32, were repairing lamp standards in Port Glasgow Road in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, at 10am when the incident occurred. Photo This is the 18th 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. |
| 08/17/02: West Terre Haute, Indiana — Ironworker Crushed by Falling Beam | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 08/06/02: Seattle, Washington — Painter killed in deadly Capitol Hill accident | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | This is the 17th 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. |
| 08/05/02: St. Thomas, Ontario — Crane wreck Kills Man | Dead Link |
| Cache Copy | The crane crashed front–first into Catfish Creek, smashing the corner of the concrete bridge on the way down. "I saw the pole shake when he hit it and it was just a big thing of dust," said Grant Campbell, a nearby resident who phoned 911. Helmer was thrown about 15 metres from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. "I heard him coming down the hill and just when he was passing by my laneway, he was cranking the steering wheel and it wasn't moving," said Campbell, who was cutting his lawn at the time of the accident. "They say when you hit a bump in those things that you easily lose control." Campbell, who has lived near the creek most of his life, said it is a dangerous road. Accident victim's kindness recalled |
| 08/01/02: Admire, Kansas — Man crushed to death by boom of crane | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
