WORLD-WIDE TOWER CRANE ACCIDENT STATISTICS
2000 - 2009
! WARNING ! Some pictures are disturbing.
Croyden, 2007 - Comedil tower crane - top rotating structure comes off during climbing UAE, 2007. Two Suncranes collapse. The crane on the left was "climbing" and fell into the other!
San Francisco, 1989 - Peiner/Pecco - SN 355 ( luffer ) tower crane collapse during climbing. New York, 2006 - Favco (Luffer) tower crane - looses mast section during climbing. London, 2000 - Wolff-320BF ( luffer ) tower crane collapse during climbing. ( 3 Deaths )
Report overview: VIEW Supporting images to report: VIEW China, 2008 - Tower Crane collapse on kindergarten school - 5 children dead! Video news report clearly shows where failure accures. "VIEW HERE" Indonesia, 2007 - tower crane dismantle accident. 1 Dead
Syria,4-29-2008 - Disassembly / Climbing collapse. - 4 Dead Portugal, 2006 - Tower crane collapsed during "Climbing". ( 4 Dead, 1 Injured ). Czech, 2007- Peiner tower crane collapsed during assembly. ( 2 Dead, 1 Injured ). Video of accident scene. "VIEW HERE"
Germany, 2003- 2 Liebherr tower cranes collapsed due to foundation failure of one crane. ( 2 Dead, 3 Injured ). View more pictures. "VIEW HERE"
Netherlands, 2008 - Wilbert tower cranes collapsed. Operator was seen jumping from crane, unfortunately Link to lots of pictures. "VIEW HERE"
Germany, 2008 - Wilbert tower crane collapse during assembly. ( Injuries only ). Video of accident scene. "VIEW HERE"
France, 2004- Potain tower crane disassembly collapse. ( 1 Dead- child 4 injured ). News Video. http://ouest.france3.fr/info/pays-de-la-loire/44537865-fr.php Russia, 2007- Tower crane collapse. ( 3 Dead, many injured ). Video of accident scene. "VIEW HERE"
Italy, 2009 - FM-GRU Tower crane collides with another. Finland, 2006- Tower crane collapse. ( 1 Dead- Operator ). PAGE - 1-2- 3-4 -5 - 6 -7- 8 -9 -10 - 11 -12 - 13 -14 -15
Erection crew simply forgot to connect climber to slew-ring! ( No Deaths, 1 injured - operator )
Also see page 8 and 9 for similar accident.
Check out this slide-show "VIEW HERE"
Hong Kong, 2007 - Wolff ( luffer ) tower crane collapse during climbing. ( 2 dead, 5 injured )
( 2 deaths, 2 injured )
( 5 Deaths, 19 injured ) Not included is statistics.
Climber hydraulic and or Traverse failure.
Video of accident scene. "VIEW HERE"
View more pictures. "VIEW HERE"
he did not survive. First two pictures shows crane a few weeks prior to collapse. ( 1 Dead ).
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