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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name December Reports Received: 14 December Deaths: 4 Accident Reports Received for 2003: 269 Deaths to date for 2003: 138 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — December 2003
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 12/30/03: Palm Beach, Florida — Trapped crane operator rescued at school construction site | Dead Link | | Cache Copy |See Photo of “nearly 300# operator” being hoisted from cab. |
| 12/30/03: Evansville, Indiana — Riverside One's Wrecking Crane Hits YWCA | Cache Copy | The 100-foot boom section of the crane that is meant to knock down the Riverside One Apartment building, accidentally grazed the side of the YWCA. It was the section that had the wrecking ball attached to it. Fox 7 News Story | Cache Copy | |
 12/29/03: Venice, Louisiana — Buras man killed in accident (boom fell)A Buras worker was killed in an industrial accident at a Venice business early Monday morning, Plaquemines Parish authorities said. Kenneth Price, 29, a crane operator, died about 7 a.m. when the boom on a crane fell, pinning him to the ground and causing head and chest injuries, according to coroner's investigator Anthony Buras. He said an autopsy will be performed today. The accident happened at French's Welding Service in Venice. |
| 12/23/03: Loreauville, Louisiana — Crane collapse kills man | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photo A New Orleans man was crushed to death when a crane boom collapsed at a Loreauville-area bridge project, authorities said. The construction worker was working on a bridge over the Loreauville canal on Highway 86. The state highway department is replacing the two-lane span, known locally as the Teche Lake Bridge. The 56-year-old worker's name was being withheld until his family could be notified. |
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| 12/22/03: Edmonton, Canada — Crane drops girder | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Small Photo A crane was lowering the girder onto the bridge deck when it fell, and Alberta Transportation spokeswoman Leanne Strangland says they don't know what happened. The girder was badly damaged, but no one was hurt. |
 12/22/03: Kishangarh, India — Close shave for five at IT park | Cache Copy |The contractor fled the scene Reportedly, five migrant labourers were seriously injured this morning while laying a sewage exhaust pipe at the Chandigarh Technology park in Kishangarh. The labourers suffered critical burn injuries as the JCB crane lifting the pipe came in contact with an 11,000 volt live overhead wire. Reportedly, private contractor Babbar, hired by the MC, had brought the five workers — Uma Shanker, Chandan, Nanku, Suresh and Vishwanath — to the site around 10am today. As the JCB crane lifted the pipe to straighten it out before placing it inside the pit, the crane accidentally came in contact with an overhead high tension wire, eye witnesses said. Uma Shanker and Chandan, who were holding the pipe while the JCB was lifting it, were thrown almost 500 feet away with the electric shock. The other three workers, who were working nearby, also suffered the electric shock. This is the 60th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 12/22/03: Houston, Texas — Man recovers after crane tips over some power lines | Cache Copy | Eyewitnesses say the crane picked up a load that was too heavy for it, causing it to tip over onto some power lines. The accident left the crane operator trapped inside the cab of the machine, when his door jammed. This is the 59th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 12/22/03: Minneapolis, Minnesota — Man jolted by power lines | Cache Copy N/A | See Video This is the 58th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 reported to this site in 2001 and 33 in 2002. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 12/20/03: Shah Alam, Malaysia — Worker plunges to death as tower crane cable snaps | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 12/18/03: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Crane Accident Reported At Phillies' New Park | Cache Copy | Small Photo |
| 12/12/03: Brownsville, Texas — Port worker crushed by iron ore in crane failure OSHA Texas is investigating the fatal accident in the port of Brownsville on the Mexican border on Tuesday in which Rogelio Ramirez, 33, was crushed by a falling load of iron ore when a metal claw parted company from the steel cable linking it to the crane unloading some 70K tons of ore from the Greek ship Dimitris. |
| 12/10/03: North Liberty, Iowa — Crane boom collapse injures one | Cache Copy | Photos (2) |
| 12/08/03: Queensland, Australia — Crane crashes into apartment pool | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photo N/A with Cache Copy |
| 12/01/03: Raleigh, North Carolina — Construction Workers Injured When Crane Topples | Cache Copy | |