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Boom truck tips in NJ
A boom truck delivering and placing an air conditioning unit tipped over on to the Olive Garden restaurant in Voorhees, New Jersey yesterday. The crane had over 30 metres/100ft of its five section boom extended when it tipped, fortunately there were no injuries and by the looks of the photos we have been sent little damage to the building or the crane. The crane was removed by two truck cranes from Thackray Crane Rental of Philadelphia...
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Walloon Death Wish
A reader in Belgium sent us a photo below of some upper limb tree trimming in Perwez a small town in south central Belgium in the province of Wallonia Brabant, the French speaking part of the country. The tree cutter is balanced in the small loader crane grab which is operated by the crane driver below...
Operator survives 100m fall
A female tower crane operator has survived after her cab fell around 100 metres to the ground. From what we can gather the accident occurred on July 5th when a five man team (including the operator) was climbing the crane in Leshan, Sichuan province in south-west China. Rescuers took 30 minutes to free the operator The top of the crane became d...
Crane tips in Akron
A crane tipped over in Akron, Ohio yesterday with its boom crashing into the roof of a house. The three axle truck crane was removing a large dead tree from the rear garden of the home. The contractor had apparently attempted to lift the top off of the tree but found that it was too heavy for the crane. The roof of the house caught the full for...
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