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| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | By Company Name January Reports Received: 17 January Deaths: 6 Accident Reports Received for 2003: 17 Deaths to date for 2003: 6 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — January 2003
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 01/29/03: China —
A crane on a piledriver boat operating on a river near Heshan City in Guangdong province toppled over, taking the boat with it, the Guangzhou Morning News said. Four workers were confirmed dead and six are missing. |
 01/29/03: Pompano Beach, Florida — 4 workers injured when Zeiger Crane Rental boom collapses at Pompano apartment site| Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photo Here's another link and photo. | Cache Copy | |
 01/27/03: Nashville, Tennessee — Crane hits power lines near hospital | Cache Copy |This is the 3rd. 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. |
| 01/27/03: Sarawak, Malaysia — Worker lands in hospital | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | This is the 2nd. 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. |
| 01/26/03: Australia — Driver uninjured as crane topples at hospital
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| 01/25/03: Joliet, Illinois — Crane mishap leaves some in dark | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | This is the 1st. 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. |
| 01/22/03: Belfast, Ireland — Man injured after crane falls | Cache Copy | Photos (2) |
| 01/22/03: Southern Vietnam — Father, 51, killed in site tragedy | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | The incident, which also injured eight Vietnamese and one Malay worker, happened as a crane was lifting a 300-ton piece of machinery onto a platform on Wednesday. |
| 01/21/03: Fort Lauderdale, Florida — No one hurt as debris rains down from condo under construction. | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Suffolk Construction is the contractor. 1 Small Photo |
| 01/17/03: Singapore— One worker seriously injured in collapse of 20-storey tower crane | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 01/17/03: Columbia, South Carolina — Crane accident leads to DOT investigation
| Registration req'd | |Cache Copy N/A | The crane is owned by White Crane Co., of Columbia. Alan Wertz, a South Carolina Department of Transportation engineer for the project, said crane operators must have certification to operate a crane. The operator's background will be explored in the investigation, he said. Photos  02/06/03 update: Work site learns new regulations on cranes| Registration req'd | | Cache Copy | |
| 01/16/03: Indianapolis, Indiana — Work lift collapses Downtown, 2 injured | Dead Link | |Cache Copy N/A | |
01/16/03: Friendswood, Texas — Crane boom crashes through signal lights| Cache Copy | The incident was sparked at 10:05 a.m. when a 1996 International crane truck, driven by John Russell Squier, 22 of Splendora, Texas struck the traffic light cables as he drove eastbound through the intersection of N. Friendswood Drive and W. Edgewood, a major intersection. The crane had apparently not been properly secured and the boom was raised as it moved down the roadway, causing it to strike the cables. |
| 01/11/03: San Jose, California — Three people were hurt in an accident at a construction site at 879 Blossom Hill Road in the Westfield Shopping Town-Oakridge Mall Thursday morning. A large crane struck a 25- to 30-foot steel vertical beam (estimated at 2,500 pounds), knocking it over onto a metal shed. The beam hit two foremen and a construction worker. The three were taken to Valley Medical Center. |
| 01/11/03: Tokyo, Japan — Crane boom crashes through dental clinic | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 01/08/03: Conshohocken, Pennsylvania — OSHA investigating death of steelworker in Montco | Cache Copy | |
 01/08/03: Wichita, Kansas — Two men injured by electrical shock | Cache Copy |This is the 1st. AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 33 reported to this site in 2001 and 35 in 2000. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. |
| 01/07/03: UK — A crane makes a house call | Cache Copy | Photo (1) |
| 01/02/03: Sommerville, Massachusetts — A brand new pile driver laid on its side with a 70ft. concrete pile in the air. The operator said, "The ground gave out." But, I ( report sender) could not see any evidence of that. The machine had about 50 hours on it. Photos (3) |