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| Crane Related Accidents January 2001 |
| About | Dead Links | About | Cache Copy | Cache Copy N/A | Reports | By Company Name | January Reports Received: 6 January Deaths: 1 Accident Reports Received for 2001: 6 Deaths to date for 2001: 1 (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. Statistics for prior years
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| Enhanced Reports — January 2001 |
| Late report posted 02/17/01: Word came about an accident at South Padre Island, Texas on or about 01/15/01 — new Schliterbahn Water Park project — operator failed to use outriggers. Rumor: Doyle, I spoke to rental outfit that owned the 40 ton link-belt, almost new crane. Seems the operator was experimenting, poked his boom out to see how far it would go before tipping without using the outriggers, it went down on tip. No injuries, except to poor ole boom point. He still has his job. |
 01/17/01: El Campo, Texas — Phillips Crane and Rigging accident on January 13th.The crane was a 75 ton Liebherr, working at an oil rig site. While moving the crane on mats, with full counterweights, the crane was swung over the side (no load?) and the crane fell over backwards onto its side. The operator had one section of boom out and there was no load on the crane. The counterweights fell off the crane as it went over.
Company Profile: Baldwins/Phillips |
01/12/01: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Crane operator rescued after crane topples into ditchA crane operator was injured Thursday night when his crane toppled into a ditch. The identity of the 38 year-old man, was not released. He was driving the crane on SW 149 and U.S. Highway 62 when its right wheels left the roadway, authorities said. The crane toppled over a guardrail and into a ditch. The driver was trapped in the cab, which was half-submerged in water, said Laura O'Leary, an Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman. The crane operator called 911. He complained of head, neck and shoulder pain when emergency medical crews arrived, she said. The man was taken to a local hospital without life-threatening injuries. |
| 01/12/01: Sidney, Australia — Man trapped under crane | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | 
Update 01/12/01:Crane driver freed after 10 hour ordeal | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A |
Update 01/16/01:Union accused of making vexatious safety claims | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | |
| 01/07/01: Vancouver, Canada — Worker Seriously Hurt At Downtown Project | Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | A worker was critically injured Friday morning, January 6, 2001, in a crane accident at the West Coast Bank Building project in downtown Vancouver. Crane accident victim off critical list| Dead Link | | Cache Copy N/A | A man injured in a crane accident in downtown Vancouver on Friday was upgraded to serious condition Saturday. |
 01/07/01: Springfield, Missouri — Worker crushed by falling machine| Dead Link | | Cache Copy below | A 48-year-old man was killed Friday, January 6, 2001, when a machine fell from a crane and landed on him, officials said. The man, whose identity was not released, was guiding the crane operator while moving an air circulation unit when the straps securing the machine apparently broke. The unit fell and pinned the man, Springfield police officer Kirk Manlove said. The victim was from the state of Nevada and was working for Cox Air Systems of Belton, a contractor installing equipment on the roof of a building in Partnership Industrial Park, officials said. Police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the accident, Manlove said. |
