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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Link | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | By Company Name March Reports Received: 27 March Deaths: 18 Accident Reports Received for 2003: 61 Deaths to date for 2003: 39 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — March 2003
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 03/30/03: Toledo, Ohio — I-280 crane tips; operator injured| Cache Copy | A man was hurt slightly yesterday when a hydraulic boom crane, capable of lifting 250 tons, that he was operating fell over at the I-280 Maumee River Crossing construction site between Front Street and Starr Avenue, authorities said. |
| 03/29/03: Searcy, Arkansas — Two Nabholz Construction workers were injured when crane boom fell at WCMC | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 03/27/03: Stuart, Florida — Crane | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Big Johnson Concrete Pumping workers try to find a way to remove the boom of their concrete-pumping crane from the roof of Blair and Christine Wickstrom's home Wednesday in Stuart.  The crane fell after the operator, Michael Pokornicki, pulled in an outrigger used to support the crane's boom while the boom was still erect.
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| 03/26/03: Cape Coral, Florida — Crane typifies sunken dreams | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Equipment falls in canal as homeowner builds dock without a federal permit |
 03/26/03: Joliet, Illinois — Quarry foreman killed by tons of falling steel | Register site| Cache Copy | |
| 03/25/03: Asia — Fatal accident on crane barge | Cache Copy | |
| 03/25/03: New Zealand — Crane just couldn't bank on this one | Cache Copy | A short cut with a 30-tonne crane ended with the Hawke's Bay Expressway being blocked for more than two hours yesterday. The crane, being used by contractors Smithbridge on the construction of the Kennedy Road overbridge, flipped backwards as it negotiated a short, steep bank and its boom crashed across the expressway, closing both lanes during peak hour traffic. Photo |
03/24/03: Boston, Massachusetts — Fatal crane mishap claims fourth worker on Big Dig project | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | 03/26/03: Widow: Big Dig worker had deadly premonition| Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
| 03/21/03: Trinidad — Workers flee as crane cable snaps
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| 03/21/03: Chicago, Illinois — Operator trapped in toppled crane (small photo) | Cache Copy | A Loop construction worker was injured when a crane he was operating tipped over. The crane operator was pinned in the cab for about 15 minutes at a work site at Franklin and Monroe streets. Chicago Fire Department crews freed the man and transported him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Witnesses say the construction worker was conscious when he was rescued. He's now listed in stable condition. Investigators are trying to determine what caused the crane to topple over. Worker Injured As Downtown Crane Topples | Cache Copy | |
| 03/21/03: Jamaica — Solid waste authority probing death of worker | Cache Copy | The circumstances under which Cevis Linton, 52, fell from a crane truck on Wednesday morning and died, is being investigated by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). |
| 03/20/03: Port of Grays Harbor, Washington — Crane topples at Port, killing longshoreman | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
 03/19/03: Lima, Ohio — Construction Worker Electrocuted| Dead Link | | Cache Copy | A North Lima man is dead, following an accident in a highway construction zone. State troopers say 37-year-old Peter DeLucia, Jr. was killed Wednesday morning along Interstate 76 near Lake Milton. Investigators say the victim was part of a construction crew working on a paving project on the interstate. He reportedly was moving concrete barricades with the help of a crane, when the crane came into contact with power lines overhead, electrocuting DeLucia. This is the 13th. 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. See similar incident. |
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03/12/03: McComb, Mississippi — Construction worker (crane operator) electrocuted Monday | Cache Copy | This is the 12th. 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. |
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03/12/03: Surrey, Canada — Crane operator electrocuted | Cache Copy | This is the 11th. 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. |
 03/12/03: Lakeport, California — Power line burns Lakeport man while he's pruning walnut trees| Cache Copy | This is the 10th. 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. |
| 03/12/03: Columbia Township, Ohio — Accident Shuts Down Portion Of Ridge Avenue | Cache Copy N/A | There's a bit of a mess at the intersection of Ridge and Highland in Columbia Township Tuesday afternoon. The boom on a construction truck hit wires overhead Tuesday morning, leaving the power lines hanging only four feet off the ground. The truck is used to transport bricks. The owner's name was not made available. Police are redirecting traffic in the area and Ridge Avenue is closed heading south at the intersection. Photo This is the 9th. 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. |
| 03/11/03: Rancho Cucamonga, California — Scissor lift accident victims recovering | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | |
| 03/11/03: Charlotte, North Carolina — Crane Operator Escaped Injury After Contact With A Power Line | Cache Copy | This is the 8th. 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. |
| 03/07/03: Nova Scotia — Down it came - Two ended up in water, but unhurt as crane lifting fishing boat collapses | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Small photo | Dead Link| |
| 03/06/03: Eastern China — Eight workmen were killed and four injured when part of a crane collapsed at a road construction site in eastern China. | Cache Copy | |
| 03/06/03: Boston, Massachusetts — Ironworker, Christopher MacInnis, 30, whose father and brother worked at the same project was killed | Cache Copy | Emergency Workers Say Man Was Hit By Steel Beam |
| 03/05/03: Lake Murray, South Carolina — Accident involving crane, high-voltage wire halts work at Lake Murray | Cache Copy | This is the 7th. 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. 03/21/03: Accident spurs safety changes at dam site| Cache Copy | |
| 03/04/03: North Charleston, South Carolina — Crane boom falls, injuring worker. | Cache Copy | 03/06/03: Injured construction worker at fault in crane accident, contractor says. | Cache Copy | |
| 03/04/03: Willimsburg, Virginia — Painter Dies While Working On Big Bad Wolf At Busch Gardens | Cache Copy | |
| 03/01/03: Woodland, California — Crane loses battle with palm tree | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | When police arrived, they found the crane truck, owned by Neon Palm Nursery of Santa Rosa on its side with a palm tree attached. The palm tree was to be placed on a nearby flatbed trailer. |