Crane Accidents Enhanced Reports

Crane Related Accidents
April 2000

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April Reports Received: 15
April Deaths: 7
Accident Reports Received for 2000: 58
Deaths to date for 2000: 26 (reported to this site)
Late reports are included in the above numbers.

1999 Statistics

ATTENTION! The numbers above indicate there is a great need for more training and safety awareness. Anyone having anything to do with cranes should take heed. The majority of the accidents were caused by human error. Translation: smart people doing dumb things.

Enhanced Reports — April 2000

11/26/00: Late report for April 2000: Hillsboro, Texas — One man was killed and three others were injured when a rough-terrain crane being moved came into contact with a power line carrying 1,440 volts. This is the 6^th power line related incident reported for this year.

9/06/00 Late report for April 1, 2000: Truck driver aided after crash due to blowout

4/29/00: UK — Man dies in crane crash.

4/28/00: Bangkok — ~~Operator killed as crane plunges from the 17^th floor.~~
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4/25/00: Wall Township, New Jersey — ~~Work site crane collapse sends seven to hospital~~ | Dead Link |

4/14/00: Tampa, Florida — Worker dies after being crushed by steel beams

Update from a reliable source: The crane was being used to off-load concrete panels from a truck. The operator accidently bumped the hoisting control lever and knocked it out of the hoisting mode. He didn't have his foot on the brake and the load fell and killed a worker.

4/14/00: Maine — ~~No one injured in Maine Yankee crane collision~~ Dead Link
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WISCASSET, Maine (AP) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says no radioactivity was released when a steel beam hit a steam generator being removed from the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant.

4/13/2000: CHICAGO — Wednesday, April 12th a Link-Belt 218H setting precast panels with 90' of boom tipped, no injuries or damage to crane. It appears that the piece was out of the chart, and came to rest on the fire escape of the building behind the job, this was the only thing that saved the crane and prevented any injuries.
The accident happened at 1230 West Jackson, knocking out power for several blocks. The crane toppled over onto a building, knocking down some ComEd wires, which in turn caused a power outage from Adams Street to Jackson Boulevard and from Loomis to Racine. See Photo

4/13/00: Fort Myers, Florida — There was a crane accident on a project that Black & Veatch is doing for Florida Power & Light Company yesterday.
Update from a reliable source: this was a two-block incident that pulled the jib over. There was paint left inside the hoist drum after a recent painting of the drawworks and the paint caused the frictions to malfunction. The operator was not able to disengage the hoisting fast enough to avoid two-blocking the ball into the jib.

4/11/00: ~~School bus and crane collision in West Miami, Florida~~
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4/10/00: Gantry crane collapsed on bridge job in Daytona, Florida
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A slow loading Website with a video of the crane after the accident. I heard from a reliable source that the crane was being tested when it failed. I also heard that the manufacturer of the crane, was on-site at the time the accident occurred. The crane was manufactured in Italy.
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4/7/00: Michigan — Operator of crane killed by falling pipe. | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A |

4/5/00: Bridgeport, Connecticut — ~~Worker falls to his death from a lift bucket.~~
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Public Records: O.S.H.A. records Search for White Oak Corp.

4/5/00: Worker injured in a bucket lift accident.
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A state highway department worker was injured Tuesday morning when a Pepsi truck clipped the bucket of a cherry picker at Fourth and Scott streets in Covington, throwing the man 25 feet to the pavement.

4/2/00: Chicago, Illinois — Crane Driver Dies After Crashing Into Car | Dead Link |