A report into last week’s crane accident in Mecca blames a combination of negligence and strong winds
16.09.2015 2
The superstructure of a boom truck broke free yesterday while lifting a tree near Cincinnati, Ohio.
16.09.2015 3
A man was injured at the Kalgoorlie gold mine, Western Australia on Friday, while working from a telehandler platform
15.09.2015 1
A man died on Saturday after falling around 20 metres after the bucket was sheared off the boom by a cable.
13.09.2015
A crawler crane has overturned onto the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killing over 100 people UPDATED
11.09.2015 2
A narrow track crawler crane overturned on a wind farm in the Emsland region of North West Germany yesterday
11.09.2015
A Rough Terrain crane overturned on Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio while pouring concrete injuring the operator
A coroner’s report on the tower crane fire/jib collapse in Sydney in 2012 has made a number of recommendations
A man working with Tampa Electric Co in Florida was electrocuted yesterday after touching an overhead power line
10.09.2015
Two UK companies have been fined £435,000 following a fatal fall when a man climbed out of a boom lift platform
08.09.2015
Jeffrey Michael Johnson owner of All Access Equipment Rentals in San Diego has died in a tragic air accident
07.09.2015 1
A man died on Wednesday on an avocado farm in Comboyne, New South Wales, Australia after he reportedly fell from a cherry picker.
04.09.2015
A crane placing steelwork apparently caused the collapse of a steel structure in Smithfield, Rhode Island
02.09.2015 2
A tower crane jib dropped onto two construction workers earlier today on the south side of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
01.09.2015
Two men died on Saturday when a basket suspended from a loader crane dropped into the river in Limerick
31.08.2015 1
A tree worker was catapulted out of his platform on Thursday in West Fargo, North Dakota while trying to lift a log
30.08.2015
A boom truck overturned onto an apartment block in Hollywood, Florida, yesterday due to poor outrigger set up
28.08.2015
A man died yesterday in West Hartford, Connecticut as he slewed his platform over the barrier of the bridge.
27.08.2015
A crane operator had a lucky escape yesterday after his crane crashed through a motorway barrier
26.08.2015
The NSW Department of Industry Mine Safety has published its full report and investigation findings into the death of a rigger at Boggabri Coal Mine last year.
25.08.2015
A tower crane broke in two on Friday in Kreuth –Plötzlich, Southern Bavaria, Germany.
24.08.2015
A man using a boom lift caught fire on Friday after getting too close to overhead power lines in Sharonville, Ohio.
A 35 metre truck mounted lift has overturned while travelling on a street in Harlow Essex, UK, this morning.
22.08.2015
A delivery driver carrying a boom lift ignored the load when he passed a height warning sign in Paris
21.08.2015 2