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Crane Related Accidents |
| About | Dead Links | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name | May Reports Received: 25 May Deaths: 13 Accident Reports Received for 2007: 130 Deaths to date for 2007: 57 Late reports are included in the above numbers. The above numbers are global. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — May 2007 |
 SPECIAL ALERT— Penny caused crane crash, injuries... See Original PostPhoto |
 5/30/07: Norman, Oklahoma — Crane tips over, injuring 2| Cache Copy | |
 5/28/07: United Kingdom — Crane accident at German nuclear power plant: two killed| Cache Copy | |
| 5/27/07: Singapore — Lorry crane hits Anak Bukit Flyover | Cache Copy | |
| 5/26/07: Jakarta, Indonesia — Crane driver suspect in accident | Cache Copy | |
| 5/24/07: India — Boulder slips off crane, kills four sleeping on flyover | Cache Copy | |
| 5/23/07: Canada — Crane lowers the boom on local building company | Cache Copy | |
| 5/22/07: Wimauma, Florida — Worker rescued from overturned crane | Cache Copy N/A | PHOTO |
| 5/22/07: Canada — Fire puts crimp in Nanaimo port's operation | Cache Copy | |
 5/22/07: Federal Way, Washington — Lift hits WA amusement park power line; one killed, one injured| Cache Copy | This is the 15th 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! |
| 5/19/07: Chicago, Illinois — Crane Slams Into Downtown Building | Cache Copy | CTA trains, buses rerouted because of crane accident w/photo | Cache Copy | ABC7 story w/video | Cache Copy | Operator Alert! 5/21/07: Chicago Sun-Times story| Cache Copy | |
| 5/15/07: United Kingdom — Builders hurt as flooring falls from crane | Cache Copy | |
| 5/18/07: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada — Toppled crane snarls traffic | Cache Copy | Photo |
 5/15/07: Allentown, Pennsylvania — Crane hits pole in Allentown, interrupts power| Cache Copy | This is the 14th 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! |
| 5/15/07: Knoxville, Tennessee — Construction workers knocked from bucket lift by tractor-trailer | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 5/14/07: Powai, India — Royal Palms - Jinxed - Laborer Dies at TOPS Security HQ | Cache Copy | |
| 5/11/07: Jamaica, New York — Tenants Worry After Crane Breaks Two Windows | Cache Copy | |
| 5/09/07: Dubai, UAE — Laborer dies in crane crash | Cache Copy | Dubai is not a country, it is an emirate, and together with Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain, it forms the United Arab Emirates (UAE). |
| 5/07/07: Romania — Auto-crane collapses at Basarab flyover works site | Cache Copy | |
| 5/07/07: Portland, Oregon — Construction worker falls four stories when crane (man lift) topples | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 5/04/07: Miami Beach, Florida — Crane Topples Into Water On Miami Beach | Cache Copy | Photo/Video 5/05/07: UPDATE w/photo | Cache Copy | |
| 5/04/07: Houston, Texas — Crane falls over, crushing pickup | Cache Copy | Photo 5/05/07: UPDATE | Cache Copy | Photo |
| 5/04/07: United Kingdom — Whoops! Crane ends up in ditch | Cache Copy | Photos |
| 5/01/07: Sorrento, Italy — 2 women killed by falling crane | Cache Copy | |
| 5/01/07: Wilton, California — Driver killed, 3 injured as crane rolls over | Cache Copy | |
| 5/01/07: California — Maxim Crane crash closes Highway... | Cache Copy | Story w/photo | Cache Copy No photo | |
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