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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/100...

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 spea...

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...

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 ...

Stolen Van mount

If you are based in the UK keep a lookout for a stolen Versalift van mounted aerial lift. The Transit based unit is/was sign written with Peter Douglas Platforms and registrat...

Tower crane goes over in Hanoi

A tower crane collapsed in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday, killing three and injuring several others. The crane was working on the new 20 storey Vietnam Cable Televi...

Fork and pallet at the concert

Spotted by a reader in the UK prior to a concert the old fork and pallet access method. This example has the pallet on the forks of a telehandler lifting the man to a platfor...

Truck mount covers new Cricket record

A 30 metre Wumag truck mounted aerial lift from Wilson Access was used to film a successful world record attempt to have the most children playing cricket simultaneously on a ...

Death wish steel erectors

Steel erectors traditionally had a reputation for taking high rise risks, in some places they still do. The following photos were sent in from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Cl...

Fatal crane accident Chennai

A man died and another was seriously injured when a crane dropped its load on the Air India building yesterday. The crane, believed to be one of the large tower cranes worki...