A 32-year-old crane operator was electrocuted yesterday when his crane hit a power line.
13.02.2007
Preliminary reports suggest a poorly designed foundation was the primary cause of the tower crane collapse in Bellevue.
10.02.2007
More information has been uncovered about the accident involving an underbridge platform and a train
09.02.2007
A man in his 40s died on Friday when he was catapulted out of a boom lift he was unloading
03.02.2007
Following the recent crane collapses and the HSE prohibition notice, Falcon Crane Hire has today issued a statement.
22.01.2007
Heavy storms in Europe this week have brought at least two tower cranes crashing to the ground.
20.01.2007
The UK Health and Safety Executive has placed a prohibition notice on most tower cranes in Falcon Crane Hire’s fleet after two fatal accidents in less than 15 weeks.
19.01.2007
A tower crane collapsed while being dismantled in Bucharest yesterday killing four erectors and injuring two others.
18.01.2007
A man died yesterday after a tower crane collapsed in Liverpool city centre, the crane driver was seriously injured but survived.
16.01.2007
A 180 tonne All Terrain crane tipped after dropping its load in Cape Town
30.11.2006
A tower crane collapsed last night in Bellevue, Seattle, killing a person in an apartment building.
17.11.2006
A train struck a boom lift near Melbourne Australia on Friday throwing the operator out of the basket, seriously injuring him.
29.10.2006
More details are emerging on the tragic crane accident in London last night.
27.09.2006
A crane driver and a bystander were killed this evening when a tower crane collapsed on a block of houses in London.
26.09.2006
A 51 year old safety inspector was killed on Friday while carrying out an annual inspection on a steam railway crane at the Bodmin and Wenford railway in the UK.
29.08.2006
A Liebherr MK100 belonging to BTB Logistiks of Berlin came down overnight crushing a number of luxury cars.
11.08.2006
Surrey-based Gleeson Construction Services Ltd has been fined almost £50,000 after mortar tubs fell from a crane injuring a worker below.
31.07.2006
Severe storms in Florida broke a lattice crane boom in two yesterday in Coral Gables Florida.
28.06.2006
In at least the second time in less than two weeks, a man painting the underside of a bridge was thrown to his death after his truck mounted lift was struck by a passing vehicle.
20.06.2006
Yet another man has died through not wearing a harness in a boom lift, while a second man is seriously injured.
16.05.2006
A man was killed yesterday on the A1306 when a 30 tonne bridge section was dropped by a crane.
10.04.2006
Otis Lifts was fined £400,000 plus £145,000 costs after two employees fell down a lift shaft to their deaths.
07.04.2006
Teupen has informed its customers that the Leo 50, has been cleared to go back to work, following an order it issued at the end of last week to immediately withdraw them from service.
31.03.2006
For the past few weeks we have received emails and calls on first one and then a second accident involving a 50ft scissor lift in the UK.
13.02.2006
