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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Links | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name | July Reports Received: 18 July Deaths: 13 Accident Reports Received for 2005: 124 Deaths to date for 2005: 67 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years |
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| Enhanced Reports — July 2005 |
  7/31/05: Yakima, Washington — Malcolm Drilling crane touches power line, giving two workers a jolt| Cache Copy | This is the 20th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
| 7/29/05: Point Loma, California — Crane Collapses In Point Loma | Cache Copy | Photos |
 7/27/05: Slovak Republic — Mobile Crane Overturns| Cache Copy | |
 7/23/05: Columbus, Ohio — Worker Electrocuted| Cache Copy | This is the 19th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
| 7/23/05: Bangkok, Thailand — Engineer dies in bridge accident; other workers missing and injured. | Cache Copy | 7/25/05: 6 more bodies recovered from Mekong bridge accident | Cache Copy | |
 7/19/05: Rhode Island — Crane on barge slams into Sakonnet bridge| Cache Copy | |
| 7/19/05: Plymouth, Minnesota — Worker Rescued After Plymouth Crane Accident | Cache Copy |
| 7/19/05: United Kingdom — Teenager dies in fall from crane | Cache Copy | |
| 7/18/05: Shady Grove, Pennsylvania — Dale E. Heefner, dies after fall at the Grove-Manitowoc Crane Group facility | Cache Copy | 7/18/05:Another link w/ Photo | Cache Copy | |
| 7/18/05: Williamstown, Massachusetts — Worker injured at building site | Cache Copy |
| 7/17/05: New Zealand — A mobile crane rears up on its back two wheels | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 7/17/05: Garapan, New Jersey — Man electrocuted in CUC project | Cache Copy| This is the 18th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
| 7/13/05: Milton, Vermont — State begins investigation into why crane boom fell | Cache Copy | |
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7/10/05: Leavenworth, Kansas — Construction worker electrocuted in Leavenworth [Concrete Pumper] | Cache Copy| This is the 17th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
| 7/08/05: Ocean City, Maryland — Crane Crash | Dead Link | | Cache Copy | Photo This is the 16th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! Keyword: plpic 2005 |
| 7/06/05: Jacksonville, Florida — Crane Collapse At Beach Condo Project Injures Three | Cache Copy | Photos (6)  2/26/07: Penny Caused Crane Collapse| Cache Copy | 2/27/07: Injured Worker Reaches Settlement | Cache Copy | |
| 7/02/05: Japan — Man fighting for life after being trapped under fallen crane | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 7/01/05: Apex, North Carolina — Contractor Shocked By Downed Power Line | Cache Copy | This is the 15th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 41 incidents reported to this site in 2004, 60 in 2003, 33 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines. Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
| 7/01/05: Forest Park, Missouri — Crane Overturns Near Forest Park | Cache Copy | Photos (3) |
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