A 42 year old man, Michael Parsons, was killed and another injured as they were storing the crane for the night, reports say that “something fell from the crane and landed on the two men
Crane Accident
Another metro crane accident in India
The 12 tonne Hydra crane built by ACE, reportedly lifting a two tonne concrete pile, when the ground under its front wheels subsided causing it to tip over sideways with the three section boom dropping across the busy road. Officials from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation immediately blamed the incident on operator negligence
One man died and two were injured when a boom truck dropped a large beam that it was placing on a site in Burnaby, near Vancouver, Canada
A self-erecting tower crane went over in the centre of Warsaw, fortunately no one was injured. The crane was working on the construction site of a new road flyover when it went over, as it did one of the outriggers in the base folded.
The crane a three axle truck mount, owned by locally based RH Marlin, was set up in the gravel garden to the rear of the Rathskeller restaurant at the Athenaeum building in the 400 block of East Michigan street.
A crane tipped over this morning on a road improvement project in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The crane, a Franna pick & carry model was unloading or moving a reinforcing bar cage for a pile when it tipped.
Crane firm issues statement following HSE fine
“In response to this incident we have implemented dynamic and robust safety systems addressing the specific failings of this incident and wider risks across our operations. “We welcome the comments from the HSE and have continually strived since this incident in cooperation with the executive to learn these critical
It seems that the crane an older 17 ton crawler crane slipped off the barge as it listed overnight while taking on water. The crane smashed into a dock and caused minor oil and diesel spills.
More details on the NZ crane tip
We have received more details and photos from the crane accident in Auckland this week from an eye witness in a bid to help others learn from any mistakes.
A five axle All Terrain crane tipped over into a creek this morning to the west of Auckland, New Zealand, when the ground gave way under its outriggers. We understand that there had been heavy rain overnight and that a temporary retaining wall collapsed