A tower crane is reported to have collapsed next to a golf course in Sotogrande, Spain due to neglect.
14.10.2012
Reports of two incidents are coming on this morning, one in NSW, Australia and one in Cyprus.
11.10.2012
Strong winds brought a tower crane down onto a passing car yesterday in Larnaca, Cyprus killing a woman
IPAF’s aerial lift accident reporting project shows that 26 deaths resulting from 25 accidents worldwide
10.10.2012 1
Two men died in unrelated cases yesterday after coming into contact with overhead power lines.
09.10.2012
A crane operator working for Boom Logistics was killed last week while loading drill rods in Australia.
Two men have been rushed to hospital in Brisbane, Australia this morning after contacting power lines
04.10.2012
Several readers have sent in a video of a telehandler that overturned in Sweden on Monday.
An operator was injured yesterday after his crane overturned, in Bradenton, Florida.
03.10.2012
A tractor crane overturned in Kasimedu, India yesterday crushing a slinger as it removed debris from the harbour.
02.10.2012
A large crane overturned on Saturday on a ‘brownfield’ site in Johor Baru, southern Malaysia.
30.09.2012
A man suffered injuries to his legs last week after a narrow track spider lift he was moving overturned on him.
A man using in boom lift in the Netherlands had a lucky escape yesterday after a wheel dropped into a void.
27.09.2012 1
A trailer carrying a self-propelled boom lift overturned yesterday just outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
27.09.2012
A crane driver had a miraculous escape yesterday in, California after his crane overturned into an excavation.
26.09.2012
A crane overturned yesterday on the top of a dam in Hokkaido, Japan trapping the operator in the cab.
24.09.2012
A pedestrian in Kalgoorlie, Australia, is fighting for his life today after he was struck in the head by a boom
21.09.2012
800 construction workers staged a protest at the site in Perth after a tower crane hoist cable incident.
20.09.2012
The boom of a crane slewed in to the road and caught a school bus in Hillsboro, Oregon yesterday.
20.09.2012 1
A man fell from a utility truck after the lift’s bucket caught fire while working on overhead power lines.
13.09.2012
This week saw another crane overturn while attempting to lift tree parts from the rear of a private home.
13.09.2012 16
A man was injured yesterday in the UK after he was trapped between a platform and an overhead crane.
13.09.2012 1
A car’s dashcam recorded an incident in Taiwan where a car was caught up by the boom of a crawler crane.
12.09.2012
UK based access rental company UK Platforms has been fined for a fall from an aerial lift.
