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Tom Barth has dedicated his life to crane safety. A crane operator, inspector, trainer and accident investigator with 38 years in the industry, Tom is committed to helping operators and companies make their workplace safer. With his background in tower cranes, crawlers, truck cranes, harbor cranes and more, and working in some of the harshest conditions on the planet, he brings a unique combination of knowledge, skills and dedication to the field of crane safety.
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2008-12-10 | |
2008-12-08Cable clamps used on a tower luffing crane. Two parts of line can pick over 50 tons. I wonder if the cable clamps at the dead end were ever retightened. Or can cable clamps be used ??? You think the Tower Crane Rental Company would know.![]() |
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2008-10-29 | |
2008-10-17Another crane mishap!!! I don’t know where it happened, but it did. | |
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2008-09-22Major Crane Accident from Houston, TX. | |
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2008-09-18Crawler Crane Accident in Taiwan | |
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2008-08-29Check out these pictures of a major Cranetastrophe | |
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2008-06-11One worker was killed and three were injured today in a crane accident at a power plant construction site just north of Weston in Platte County. |
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2008-06-10GILLETTE—The 2.7 million-pound crane— the world's largest crane in handling capacity — collapsed Saturday near Wright, sending three injured people -- two critically — to hospitals and blocking a rail line at the Black Thunder coal mine. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors and crane company representatives were traveling to the mine, and BNSF Railway crews were expected to clear the tracks by late Saturday. | |
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2008-06-10M-14 Reopened After Crane Mishap | |
![]() ALAN WARREN | THE ANN ARBOR NEWS Officials inspect a construction crane that partially collapsed through the deck of a bridge over M-14 on Gotfredson Road in Salem Township on Thursday afternoon. Debris fell onto M-14, but there were no reported injuries. |
![]() ALAN WARREN | THE ANN ARBOR NEWS Part of a construction crane hangs through the deck of the Godfredson Road bridge over M-14 in Salem Township on Thursday afternoon. |
2008-06-09This crane is the same one that was used to pull my 75 ton off the mall 4 years ago! | |
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2008-05-31 | |
![]() A large crane lies in an intersection on the Upper East Side after it collapsed Friday.![]() A top-floor apartment shows damage after a construction crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York on Friday. The crane smashed into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground.![]() Officials stare up at the crane that collapsed on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 91st Street and 1st Avenue on Friday. |
![]() A 15-story crane capable of lifting 100 tons lies on its side after collapsing May 24 at a construction site at the Kansas City Power & Light's power plant in Kansas, killing one worker and injuring three others.![]() Recovery workers lower the body of a construction worker killed April 30 atop a crane at Annapolis Towne Center construction site in Parole, Md.![]() Workers try to remove parts of a crane that fell through the roof of a building in Miami on March 25, 2008. Two workers were killed, and at least five people were injured. |
2008-04-11The operator, who was actually the salesman delivering the crane, rotated the house while it was still on the lowboy. No injuries.![]() |
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2008-04-04Crane collapse in New York City | |
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2008-03-30Terex ac 700 | |
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2008-03-13Check out the pictures provided you. The men in this basket were 80 feet in the air when the wire ropes came out of the drum, the men had enough time to release the safety equipment they were wearing and jump out of the man basket. No one was injured. This is the same company that owned the 4100. The crane that was lifting this man-basket USED a worn out part HOLDING THE CABLE IN THE DRUM. | |
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2008-02-04: Not a Mishap.... yet.This is an interesting event of hypocrisy. What do they say after an accident? A company rented a crane that was inspected on 1-14-08 and passes by the crane rental company. Then on 1-16-08 the crane was inspected by a third party and passed in a few hours. Then on 1-31-08 it was inspected by a professional crane inspector approved by Federal OSHA and failed, see pictures. | |
![]() The crane rental Company personnel should have read this Sticker.![]() No holder for crane books & Load chart.![]() No Serial Number I guess we can use it on any 4100 Series 2.![]() Rain on the deck from the holes in the roof.![]() Holes in the roof.![]() ![]() Just a few more holes in the roof.![]() ![]() Holes cut in the house over boom hoist.![]() Designed to save time when fueling crane.![]() Holes and more on the roof.![]() ![]() Here is a seam opening.![]() ![]() Holes cut in the side.![]() New drive chains after the old one broke two times.![]() Time for new pins.![]() ![]() Who cares if the pins are upside down if it’s for the tracks we were on level ground.![]() |
![]() ![]() Loose car body nuts.![]() ![]() ![]() Crane operators steps not bolted.![]() Loose fitting counter weight pins it seems to be the story of this crane loose fitting.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Raindrops keep falling.![]() More rain water.![]() Rain water.![]() Just more rain water.![]() Wet brake.![]() Brake is wet from the rain drops.![]() Rain drops.![]() Rain drops just keep on falling on the brakes.![]() |
2008-01-07In this case our attendance was requested in order to investigate, ascertain the extension, causes and evaluation of the damages allegedly sustained by the mobile crane ATF 50-3 FAUN. | |
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