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Crane Related Accidents
October 2000
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October Reports Received: 15
October Deaths: 8
Accident Reports Received for 2000: 148
Deaths to date for 2000: 62 (reported to this site)
Late reports are included in the above numbers.
The above numbers are global.
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an average of 71 people are killed in crane related accidents in the United States each year.
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 — October 2000
Posted 03/05/01: Volusia County, Florida — Late Report for October 5, 2000 Overturned Crane Causes Major Spill Slick Spreading Into Volusia's Rose Bay
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The toppled cane is hanging upside down over the Rose Bay bridge.
What is believed to be diesel fuel is leaking from the crane and spreading into the bay. There are no reported injuries. Crews are using a second crane to try to set the Ranger Construction Co. crane upright. An additional crane is reportedly being brought in.
The accident happened around 9:30 a.m. It's still unclear how the massive piece of equipment toppled over. The incident happened as crews were working on new construction on U.S. 1. |
10/29/00: Canada — Another power line contact
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Farmer survives nightmare with power line.
This is the 21st power line accident report we've received this year and the third one this month. Four were reported for September.
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 10/24/00:
Lafayette, Ohio — A Fort Wayne man was killed Saturday morning when a crane boom fell on him as he attempted to knock a pin out of it, an Allen County sheriff's department sergeant said.
The 37 year old man was working with a partner about noon at 3340 Swaney Road near Lafayette when the accident occurred, said Sgt. Scott Nolan. Officials are withholding the man's name pending notification of relatives.
The man and another employee of Martin Crane Service of Fort Wayne were removing the boom from the crane Nolan said.
When the pin was knocked out,the boom, estimated to weigh in excess of 2,000 pounds, struck the man and fell across his shoulders, pinning him to the ground.
Co-workers were able to remove the boom with a forklift, and performed first aid until the arrival of Lafayette emergency personnel, Nolan said.
He was taken to Lima Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:21 P.M.
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10/18/00: Falling drywall showers pedestrians
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The accident occurred when trying to load drywall onto the 47th floor of a new highrise in Vancouver BC and the leading edge caught on the building resulting in the load becoming unbalanced and dropping out of the basket rigging. The crane
operator was operating in the blind and relied on the riggers to give clear and adequate instructions for the lift. No tag lines were used and the load apparently swung out of the intended position as it was being hoisted. The load consisted of 40 sheets of drywall stacked in two skids. |
10/11/00: North Queensland, Australia — Another crane related death in Australia.
It happened yesterday morning at a Thiess construction site at the Lavarack Army Barracks in Townsville, North Queensland.
The deceased (Nick Nicholas) was an employee of a local rigging subcontractor, S&M Rigging, who is responsible for erecting
precast concrete panels forming the structural elements of the new accommodation units. He was located in the man-box of a "cherry picker" when four previously erected and propped up panels collapsed, falling against the machine
and causing his death. No other persons were injured.
A full investigation into the incident is now underway.
See 10/09/00 below
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10/10/00: Maryland — Another death caused by power line contact.
Two employees of a subcontractor for Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Inc., struck an overhead line with the boom of their truck, electrocuting one man and seriously burning another, the St. Mary's County sheriff's office said yesterday.
The two men, employees of C.W. Wright Construction Co., were working on power lines along Hurry Road in Chaptico at 10:39 a.m. Police have not released the name of the dead man pending notification of relatives.
The injured man, Jason Evans, 26, of Ridgeley, W.Va., was flown to the Washington Hospital Center burn unit, where he was listed in critical condition late yesterday, a hospital spokesman said.
A SMECO spokesman said yesterday that the company is trying to piece together what occurred, but that power was restored by late afternoon to all 3,000 homes affected by the accident.
This is the 20th power line accident report we've received this year and the second one this month. There were two reported in September too.
Public Records: OSHA Reports for C.W. Wright Construction Company
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10/3/00: There was a crane accident in Fort Worth, Texas today injuring one man... Following is the story as presented by MSNBC.
Crane collapses in Fort Worth — A worker was injured when a crane lowering a chunk of concrete into a dump truck fell, crushing part of the truck and an unoccupied sports utility vehicle nearby.
The incident happened in downtown Fort Worth during work on a sidewalk project. Police say the man, who was injured critically in the accident, was thrown from the bed of the dump truck by the impact of the fallen crane. He's been taken to a hospital, with apparent head injuries.
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BVE Precision Concrete
Tri-County Concrete Cutting
Double Eagle Foundation Drilling
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