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Crane Collapses and Catches Fire in Hell’s Kitchen

On Wednesday, July 26 just before 7:30 A.M., bystanders on Manhattan’s West Side beheld a terrifying sight: a crane on fire, forty-five stories high, issuing a thick black rope of smoke into the sky. The crane, holding a construction worker, was stationed at 550 10th...

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Westchester Crane Collapse Hospitalizes Two Workers

Around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, the construction site of a planned Amazon warehouse in Hawthorne, New York turned unexpectedly tragic after a crane collapsed, injuring two construction workers. News 12 Westchester reported that both people were hospitalized; one required...

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Overloaded Knuckleboom Crane Collapses Near Penn Station

An overloaded boom truck crane collapsed after the excess weight it was carrying caused a pin to break, injuring the operator and shutting down 34th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues right outside of Penn Station on the night of Monday, March 18, 2019.  Workers...

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Rochester Crane Collapse Results in Death of Operator

A Gerace Construction worker was killed when the crane he was operating tipped into a gorge and ensnared him, according to the Wall Street Journal. The victim, Douglas Fitzmaurice of Wolcott, was moving the crane from one side of the spillway to the other. Rescue...

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Take steps to prevent dangerous NY crane accidents

Take steps to prevent dangerous NY crane accidentsEarlier this year, a large crane being used to construct a building in Queens collapsed. Seven construction workers sustained personal injuries in the accident. Authorities later revealed that the accident occurred...

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Crane Accident Prevention

New York Crane Accident Prevention Guide Cranes are among the most powerful pieces of machinery on construction sites — and the most dangerous. They involve a potentially deadly combination of heavy loads, brute force and great heights. Accidents involving cranes,...

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