Tag: crane accidents

Construction Equipment

Crane tips, crashes into University of Pittsburgh building

A crane accident ended in the best way possible in Pittsburgh recently—with no injuries and little damage. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a crane owned by masonry contractor Franco Associates was lifting a load of scaffolding when it tipped and fell over onto Langley Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus July 3. The crane […]

July 10, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in crane accident on Penn State jobsite

A worker on a renovation job on the Penn State University campus was killed Friday while dismantling a crane. According to a report from the Centre Daily Times, 29-year-old Jerod Chapman was killed Friday evening at the Burrowes Building where renovations are scheduled through the end of the year. StateCollge.com reports Chapman was killed when the […]

June 19, 2015

Construction Equipment

Crane drops 4-ton HVAC unit 30 stories to street below, injuring 10 in NYC

With the roar of a freight train and the “boom” of a bomb, an HVAC unit fell from the sky on Madison Avenue in New York City Sunday morning as it was being lifted into a 30-story building. According to a report from the New York Post, the 4-ton unit dropped after a rigging strap snapped, […]

June 1, 2015

Safety

Operator killed after crane overturns in Nebraska

A crane operator in Nebraska was killed earlier this week when his machine overturned. According to a report from the Lincoln Journal Star, 40-year-old Thomas Bales was operating a 90-ton crane for a subcontractor on a wind farm project near Elgin. As Bales was driving the machine along a road near the site Tuesday morning, the […]

May 29, 2015

Safety

Construction worker crushed by crane near St. Louis

A worker near St. Louis was killed Monday in a crane accident. According to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 31-year-old Justin D. Jokerst was working on a jobsite for a 500,000 square-foot addition to a commercial warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois. Authorities told the paper Jokerst was “working on a large Grove HL150…when he was crushed […]

January 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Freight train obliterates stuck truck and crane in tow, then derails

While attempting to cross railroad tracks in Mer Rouge, Louisiana, a truck hauling a crane became stuck on the tracks and was hit by a freight train Sunday afternoon. The scary collision was caught on camera by a woman stopped at the tracks behind the truck and posted to YouTube. As you can see in […]

October 10, 2014

Safety

Boom truck crane topples onto Detroit garage, knocks out power for 950 homes

A boom truck crane toppled onto a garage in a Detroit suburb last week leaving 950 homes without power, according to the Detroit News. The crane, mounted onto a truck bed, was removing sections of a 100-foot-tall silver maple that had been cut near a home in Royal Oak, Michigan. The homeowner, Tyler Lynch, said […]

September 5, 2013