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Crane Related Accidents
June 2000
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June Reports Received: 16
June Deaths: 6
Accident Reports Received for 2000: 92
Deaths to date for 2000: 39 (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 — June 2000
11/28/00 Late report: On 6/13/00 the State of New Mexico, which has a crane operator license requirement, had a state owned crane operated by a unlicensed operator sitting on its rear bumper behind the State Police Academy. Two cranes will attempt to upright the crane tomorrow. The crane was being moved on uneven ground with 150ft of boom in the air and it is a 30ton conventional crane. The operator Don “Bull” Kennedy had to be extracted with a manlift.
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8/14/00 Late report: June 20, 2000 — Boom failure on new crane
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 6/29/00: Indianapolis, Indiana — Qualitech Steel Corporation
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State investigators were at the Qualitech Steel Corporation mill Monday, trying to find out how a worker was killed after only one week on the job.
Dwayne E. Warmoth, 36, of New Ross was crushed by a wheel of a heavy crane used to carry steel.
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 6/29/00: Just in and unconfirmed...
On the same weekend that the crane flipped over at Penn's Landing, (see 6/4/00 below) there was a accident at the Metro Machine Ship Repair facility in the old Philly Navy Yard. A rigger (who also happened to be a former Rigging Apprentice Instructor for the defunct Navy Yard) was seriously injured when the crane wire rope (hoist line) holding the manbasket he was riding in, somehow came loose inside the cab of the portal crane. The box and man fell 40 feet with the headache ball landing in the box with the employee.
No news report was found in our local newspapers. This is not surprising in that the City of Philadelphia owns the facility and keeps a tight control on what goes in and out of this facility. If I hear of any more details I'll let you know, but to date folks aren't talking.
From the Editor of this site: How about it folks? There has to be some public records at the emergency medical service if the injured party was transported by ambulance to the hospital. The City of Philadelphia would also have a record of the incident. |
6/27/00: Interstate 40 closes after crane mishap
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A crane fell from a flat-bed trailer onto Interstate 40 Monday, closing eastbound lanes of traffic. Initial efforts to upright the crane were unsuccessful, but workers were able to turn over the crane after three hours of work.
The truck, owned by L.A. Fuller and Sons of Amarillo and driven by Andrew Darling, 41, was eastbound on I-40 over the Crockett Street overpass at 6:20 p.m. when the crane began to tip off the trailer, said Amarillo Police Department Sgt. Daniel Aguirre. |
 6/08/00: Oakland, California — Crane collapses, crushing car, taking out power line
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When Mike Williams conveniently parked his car Wednesday morning along 3rd Street near Jack London Square, he had no idea a huge pile-driving crane would collapse onto his 1983 Nissan Stanza, crushing it.
Power knocked out
The 110-foot “hammer” crane, plummeted while driving a pile at a construction site adjacent to 3rd Street between Alice and Jackson. It hit Williams' car after taking out a power line, chipping a portion of a building roof and breaking a few glass windows on the way down. The accident temporarily knocked out power around Jack London Square area.
Stewart Gruendel, owner, developer and general contractor of SNC Development, was supervising the job.
“The accident as of right now was the result of equipment failure,” said Gruendel, adding he is thankful no one was seriously injured.
Gruendel said the crane was being operated by a subcontractor, Stroer & Graff Inc. of Antioch, when it lost hold of the towering pile.
Although no major injuries were reported, authorities said an employee of West Office Exhibition Design, located across the street from the construction site, suffered minor scratches from shards of broken glass as the pile came into contact with the building.
He was taken to a local hospital, complaining that debris had gotten into his eyes.
Car contained valuables
As for Williams, he said his crushed car contained several valuable possessions, including hard-to-find piano equipment and church records.
This is the 12th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.
Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live! |
6/07/00: Nashville, Tennessee —
Yet another power line contact. Crane operator injured.
This is the 11th AVOIDABLE incident reported to this site this year in which power lines were involved. Again, all were avoidable. Just don't work cranes near energized power lines.
Power line contact is the most frequent cause of crane accidents, yet they are the easiest to prevent. LOOK up and live!
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6/04/00: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania —
Crane topples over on Penn's Landing
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A giant crane toppled over on the Delaware River waterfront while it was left unattended Saturday afternoon. No one was hurt in the incident.
Nice photo of crane standing on end.
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6/02/00: Punta Gorda, Florida — Crane flips over into canal
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A crane belonging to Charlotte County Seawalls toppled from a seawall into the water at a Burnt Store Isles construction site on Thursday.
The 15 ton capacity crane, a Bantam Model T-350, is now parked at the company's yard, which is about 2 miles from the home base of CraneAccidents.com. The 62 year old operator rode the crane down and only suffered some bumps, bruises and a black eye. |
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