90-tonne segment of bridge plunges into Fraser River
CBC News
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 9:33 AM PT
Last Updated: Feb 10, 2012 3:30 PM PT
A crane tipped off its tracks on the Port Mann bridge construction project east of Vancouver on Friday morning and dropped a segment of the bridge into the Fraser River.
Bridge project spokesman Max Logan said the gantry crane, which is designed to move on rails, is secure and nobody was hurt, but a 90-tonne section of the bridge deck the crane was moving fell into the Fraser River.
The segment struck a pile as it fell and is now submerged in the river. It is unclear whether the segment can be recovered.
The bridge segments are brought in by barge and lifted into place by the special 720-tonne horizontal gantry crane, which is also called a segment launcher.
Logan said one of the supports for the gantry appears to have been crushed and the gantry pitched forward.
It is unclear how long the mishap will delay the project, but the contractor Kiewit is responsible for any costs that result.
The Trans-Canada Highway remains open on the old Port Mann Bridge and there are no reports of any injuries.
When completed, the $800-million bridge will provide 10-lane crossing of the Fraser River for the Trans-Canada Highway east of Vancouver. It is scheduled to be completed in 2013.
A 250-foot-tall crane collapsed Friday morning onto a building at a construction site at the Kent County jail complex in Grand Rapids, injuring three people, authorities said.
The jail was placed on lockdown following the incident. Kent County Undersheriff Jon Hess described the injuries to a construction worker and two Kent County jail trustees as minor, The Grand Rapids Press (http://bit.ly/ziaMEe) reported.
Both the department construction company officials said all inmates and workers were accounted for.
Construction company Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. said Friday in a statement it was investigating the cause of the accident and had no further information. Hess said it appears that a cable snapped as the crane was carrying cement.
Images from the scene showed part of the crane leaning against a building. A garage area where sheriff's vehicles are kept was damaged.
The main jail that houses inmates apparently wasn't damaged, and Hess said authorities were checking the structural integrity of that building.
The crane that fell has been used for seven months on a $27 million renovation project, Hess said.
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Probe ordered as crane collapse hurts 2 in Makati
CRASH SITE The accident on HV dela Costa Street also caused a brownout in nearby villages and snarled traffic in the Makati central business district. PHOTOS BY LYN RILLON
The Makati City government ordered an investigation and stopped work at a high-rise construction project in the central business district (CBD) on Thursday, where two persons were injured after a tower crane collapsed, snagged utility cables and sent an electric post crashing down on the street.
The toppled post fell on a taxi cab on HV dela Costa Street, Barangay Bel-Air, leaving the driver with signs of spinal injury. Another man on a bike sustained a fracture on his arm and bruises on his knees and elbows.
The crash happened around 8 a.m. at the Salcedo Sky Suites project site and cut power supply in Bel-Air and neighboring Urdaneta and Guadalupe Viejo. The ensuing closure of HV Dela Costa also caused heavy traffic in the CBD.
The Makati City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) identified the injured driver as Ramon Romirosa, 47; and the biker as Romeo Lopez, 40.
The building contractor, AM Oreta Construction, issued an apology and said it would shoulder the medical expenses of the two victims, who received treatment at Makati Medical Center.
In a statement, the company said the crane was being set up at the residential project when it collapsed and snagged utility cables, affecting five electrical posts and two telecom posts. The crane fell on a vacant lot and hit three parked cars.
Makati Mayor Romulo Peña ordered the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to enforce the work stoppage while investigating the cause of the incident and individuals who should be held liable. “Although nobody died, still there were people injured,” he said. “We will not tolerate negligence and noncompliance with our construction laws and standards.”
OBO Enforcement Unit officer in charge, Engr. Julio Cepeda, said they would check if standard operating procedures were followed by the personnel in charge of the crane and whether it was being installed on soft ground.
Meanwhile, Bel-Air village watchmen told reporters that the crane operator had gone missing after the incident.
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Bulgaria
Picture: Focus Information AgencySofia. Three people have been admitted in Toluda hospital with injuries after a construction crane fell on the roof of a filling station in Sofia, BNR reported.
The three injured – two women and a man were admitted at the emergency ward of the hospital with no danger to life.
Construction workers are trying to strengthen the fallen crane to prevent further collapse of the roof.
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The death toll in a construction crane collapse rose to 18 by 18:00 Wednesday in south China's Guangdong Province.
"Except one, the identities of 17 other dead people are confirmed. Eighteen people, including four with major injuries, remained in hospital. The health conditions of the four with major injuries were stable. 15 others suffering minor injuries have left hospital after medical treatment," said Luo Bin, spokesperson of the rescue team, at a press conference.
Local officials said that the accident occurred at around 05:40 Wednesday in Mayong Township, Dongguan, when a gantry crane at the construction site in a factory collapsed and destroyed a work shed nearby used as a dormitory to house 139 workers.
Officials said 88 people managed to escape from the work shed at the time of its collapse, 15 suffered minor injuries and 18 remained in hospital.
Officials announced they have set up a special group to comfort the relatives of the dead and injured.
"We have assigned personnel to cope with the aftermath of the accident and to comfort the relatives of the dead and injured one by one. The company which takes responsibility for the construction work has allocated a special fund of 20 million yuan to deal with the aftermath issue. We will do our best to make sure that the injured acquire medical treatment and to solve relevant difficulties," said Luo.
An initial investigation showed the crane was blown over in a gale, and further investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
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Emergency services got to work after an Air India plane came crashing down onto a wall of a building, close to Hyderabad’s Begumpet airport, as it was being moved by a giant crane that collapsed suddenly. No injuries have been reported. The out of service 70 tonne, A-320 aircraft was being shifted from to the Air India training academy from the airport when the crane buckled.
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The Canadian Press
Published Sunday, April 10, 2016 8:40PM EDT
MONTREAL -- A window-washer in Montreal died Sunday and his son was seriously injured when their crane toppled over.
Police say the men fell about 20 metres.
Three other workers were treated for shock.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
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ATLANTA - A crane lifting a concrete span collapsed Friday afternoon in Downtown Atlanta.
SKYFOX 5 flew over the parking lot near Phillips Arena along Centennial Olympic Park Drive and M.L.King Jr Drive around 4 p.m. It found the crane on its side with the concrete structure on top of it.
Officials with the Georgia World Congress Center said that no one was injured during the incident. They believe the accident was caused by operator error.
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Original title: Yellow Transportation College dormitory under construction crane collapsed causing one death and two injuries
Zhengzhou, China Network March 15 electrically March 13 afternoon, the Yellow River occurred in the construction Jiaotong University dormitory security incidents, a nearly 100 meters high tower crane collapsed and injured three people, one person died.
13, 2 pm, located in Jiaozuo City Wuzhi Yellow River Transportation Institute (formerly Zhengzhou Vocational College) in the construction of a dormitory building site, a crane collapsed nearly 100 meters, and directly to pound the cab, the driver on the spot card in the operating room, three were injured, one person died.
After the event, the school students will have an accident in the photos on the school posted it, but then deleted by the administrator, but some still photos and videos to show it. At present, the construction of the dormitory has been suspended, the accident is under investigation
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A photograph reportedly from the platform
March 10, 2016
The boom of a crane collapsed yesterday on the Murchison Platform between Norway and the UK, no one was injured.
CNR’s Murchison platform was built over 37 years ago and commissioned in 1980, it is now in the process of being decommissioned although the owner CNR International says that there are still 102 men on board.
A spokeswoman for CNR said: “CNR International can confirm that at approximately 0300 hours on March 9th an incident occurred during a lifting operation on the Murchison platform, which resulted in structural damage to one of the platform cranes.
No one was hurt as a result and all 102 personnel on board at the time of the incident are safe and well. There are currently no plans to downman”.“A team has been mobilised to assess the structural damage and Health & Safety Executive has been notified.
The Murchison Platform is located in the Northern North Sea, approximately 280 nautical miles north of Aberdeen.
”A photo we have received which claims to be from the platform seems to show that the boom went over the back of the superstructure.
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