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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Links | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name | March Reports Received: 35 March Deaths: 17 Accident Reports Received for 2007: 72 Deaths to date for 2007: 35 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — March 2007 |
 3/31/07: Albany, New Zealand — Fatal industrial accident| Cache Copy | |
  3/30/07: Dallas, Texas — A crane was involved in a fatality power line contact Friday 3/23/07 in Dallas.The drilling contractor stored the pier rebar cages under the power lines and the operator reached in to hoist one. The superintendent was standing beside the crane, he was electrocuted and a worker burned. This is the 10th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 in 2005, 41 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! |
 3/30/07: Cape Town, South Africa — Koeberg unit shuts down after crane incident| Cache Copy | This is the 9th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 35 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 in 2005, 41 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! |
| 3/29/07: United Kingdom — Man dies as crane collapses | Cache Copy | 3//30/07: Site worker killed as spate of crane accidents goes on | Cache Copy | Small photo |
| 3/29/07: Lake Union, Washington — Crane Collapses On Lake Union | Cache Copy | Photo Slideshow |
| 3/28/07: Shangahi, China — Huge construction crane collapses | Cache Copy | Photo Crane's arm crashes into apartment | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 3/28/07: California — Edison worker electrocuted | Cache Copy | This is the 8th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 33 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 in 2005, 41 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! |
| 3/28/07: Charlotte, North Carolina — Man dies in construction accident | Cache Copy | |
| 3/27/07: Tehachapi, California— Crane and telephone line collide | Cache Copy | Photos |
| 3/27/07: Plainfield, Illinois — Accident kills worker | Cache Copy | |
| 3/27/07: New York — Crane collapses near Brooklyn Battery Tunnel | Cache Copy | Photo Gallery |
| 3/26/07: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — Epcor worker electrocuted while crew changing poles | Cache Copy | This is the 7th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 33 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 in 2005, 41 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! |
| 3/26/07: Tokyo, Japan — Crane hits train, halts Haneda monorail line | Cache Copy | Small Photo |
| 3/25/07: Bahrain — Man, 65, injured in crash
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| 3/22/07: Singapore — Crane breaks down on KL highway, then...
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| 3/21/07: St. Louis, Missouri — Construction Crane Topples Over At SLU
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| 3/20/07: Yuma, Arizona — Crane Tips Over, Crushes Worker
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| 3/20/07: Aventura, Florida — Crane Topples At Aventura Construction Site
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 3/17/07: Pueblo, Colorado — Crane driver cited in bridge mishap| Cache Copy | |
| 3/16/07: Indianapolis, Indiana — Crane tips injuring IPL worker | Cache Copy | |
| 3/16/07: Netherlands — Another accident at Antwerp port | Cache Copy | |
| 3/14/07: Canada — Dry docks employee killed in accident | Cache Copy | 3/14/07: Man killed as crane collapses at former St. Catharines dry dock | Cache Copy | 3/15/07: Crane operator leaves family behind | Cache Copy | 3/21/07: Crane operator's body in wreckage for three days | Cache Copy | 3/12/08: Woman still seeking answers and trying to cope one year after husband's workplace death | Cache Copy | 3/12/08: Charges laid in dry docks death | Cache Copy | |
| Keyword Relativity: port, weller, dry, clyde, crushed, Mike Damiano, travelling, jib, cab, shipbuilding, Upper Lakes Group, Great Lakes Marine and Industrial, inspected, certified, shipyard |
| 3/12/07: Kranoyarsk, Russia — Crane falls down into Yenisei River near Krasnoyarsk | Cache Copy | |
| 3/10/07: Qatar — Four die as crane collapses in Doha | Cache Copy | |
| 3/09/07: United Kingdom — 999 crews rush to scene of crane collapse | Cache Copy | Small photo |
| 3/09/07: Grand Junction, Colorado — Crane Crashes | Cache Copy | Small photo 6/09/07: Crane operator at fault | Cache Copy | 7/20/07: Why did the crane really collapse? Photo/Video | Cache Copy | |
| 3/09/07: Mobile, Alabama — Man operating a lift-bucket is electrocuted by high-voltage wires | Cache Copy | This is the 6th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. There were 33 incidents reported to this site in 2006, 38 in 2005, 41 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! |
| 3/08/07: Nampa, Idaho — Man killed in Nampa crane accident | Cache Copy | |
| 3/08/07: United Kingdom — Crane horror: 1 dead, 1 critical | Cache Copy | 4/16/08: Widow hits out at factory safety risks after husband crushed to death | Cache Copy | |
| 3/08/07: United Kingdom — Lorry's crane slices into bus | Cache Copy | |
| 3/07/07: California — Local man killed Monday by dragonfly statue | Cache Copy | |
| 3/07/07: Martinsville, Virginia — Man hit by crane (Outriggers not fully deployed) | Cache Copy | PHOTO |
| 3/07/07: Council Bluffs, Iowa — Crane tips over at viaduct construction site | Cache Copy | Small Photo |
| 3/02/07: Persekutuan, Malaysia — Crane falls on rail tracks; 10,000 passengers stranded | Cache Copy | |
| 3/01/07: United Kingdom — Gibraltar at a standstill as crane hits bridge | Cache Copy | |
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