Safety

The lattice boom of a foundation crane went over the back of the crane in an accident in Singapore today. Fortunately no one was hurt in the incident which occurred on a site near the Ten Mile Junction station in Bukit Panjang, North central Singapore.

A truck crane that ran a red traffic light caused a six car collision last week in Tampa, Florida. The crane, reportedly ran through a red light and crashed into the patrol car of a Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy and a four by four. Police have said that the crane’s air brakes appear to have failed causing the crane to plough through the lights and crash into traffic, dragging vehicles with it until it came to rest against a large bus and several other vehicles.

The crane was installing protective barriers along the wharf for smaller vessels to berth, when it went over the edge. The driver’s reactions were quick enough that he managed to jump clear before the crane went in to the 14.5 metre deep water and was uninjured.

Three people were injured yesterday after a steel beam fell onto a boom lift on a science park site on the Yale university campus in New Haven Connecticut. The two people in the platform were wearing harnesses and remained in the basket but suffered injuries from the falling beam

Jamie Kirchen was standing on timber joists on the top of the first storey of a building and was directing the crane operator to land a pallet of timber flooring onto the joists. He was removing the slings from the pallet when the unsecured joists on which he was standing gave way under the weight of the load.was standing on timber joists on the top of the first storey of a building and was directing the crane operator to land a pallet of timber flooring onto the joists. He suffered multiple fractures including to his pelvis and lost part of his bowel.

That time has come and gone and there is still nothing substantial from OSHA to help people better understand the new ruling,” Thurman said. “We’re not trying to push back the effective date of the ruling. We support the new rules. We just want to give people a chance to understand them.

A number of train passengers were injured yesterday in Hong Kong when the 40 metre boom of a Rough Terrain crane struck the carriages of a light rail transit and brought down overhead power lines after it tipped over.

A fire broke out at a steel facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana after a crane boom came into contact with high tension overhead power lines yesterday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published a new standard regarding the use of cranes and derricks in construction. Recognizing that more than 250,000 construction, contracting and equipment rental companies, employing almost five million workers, will be affected by the new rules

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