A man died yesterday after a tower crane collapsed in Liverpool city centre, the crane driver was seriously injured but survived.
16.01.2007
The operator of a tower crane in Penang survived after the top of the crane plunged 40 metres to the ground.
20.12.2006
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
Residents affected by the Battersea crane accident have formed an action group.
13.11.2006
A train struck a boom lift near Melbourne Australia on Friday throwing the operator out of the basket, seriously injuring him.
29.10.2006
The jib of a luffing tower crane collapsed this morning in central London after two cranes colided
19.10.2006
The UK's HSE has announced that it will be visiting Tower crane companies to check on compliance with legislation and best practice.
17.10.2006
The UK HSE has issued an urgent Tower crane alert to Construction companies.
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
Doyle Construction of Welwyn Garden City and Herts and Exterior International of London, were fined £350,000 following a fatal lifting accident.
09.05.2006
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
A Coroner in Tasmania has called for tractor cranes to be recalled and fitted with extra indication equipment, following the death of a rigger.
23.01.2006
An employee at the JCB plant in Cheadle Staffordshire, was killed in an accident at the facility last week.
20.11.2005
