Tag: crane
Homes evacuated amid flats fire Edinburgh Scotland
"About 50 residents had to be evacuated from their homes in Edinburgh when fire broke out at a nearby block of flats under construction.Six fire crews were called to the five storey structure in Hawkhill Close, off...
Crane collapses in Miami
This is a developing story. If you have any footage or information please share it.Two people are now reported dead." Two people are confirmed dead and four are in serious condition after a piece of crane collapsed...
Inspector charged in New York crane case
Further details are emerging about the circumstances surrounding the crane that collapsed in New york at the weekend, killing seven people. You can see NowPublic member Ace Preston's report and photos from the scene...
7th body recovered from NYC crane accident; Crane...
A seventh and final body, that of a woman visiting friends for st. Patrick's day, has been recovered after a horrific accident when a crane toppled onto the busy street at a Manhattan construction site. Mayor Bloomberg has announced an investigation into the accident.Read our...
Rescuers at NY crane crash site
"Rescuers in New York have been searching for survivors in the rubble of the apartment blocks crushed when a construction crane toppled into them.
At least four people were killed in the accident and 10 injured, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said.
He told reporters that three...
Crane with a Wrecking Ball Demolishes Building
A large hydraulic crane with a wrecking ball demolishes section of a hospital. The demolition project consisted of the demolition of the Point Pleasant Hospital in Pt. pleasant New Jersey. Site will be...
Bucket Falls from crane in Manhattan
Wednesday afternoon a bucket fell from a crane in midtown Manhattan injuring 8. "Some streets near Bryant Park remain closed this evening after a bucket full of debris fell 53 stories from the roof of a construction...
Thousands of construction accidents occur each ye...
Thousands of construction workers suffer severe injury and even death every year that otherwise may have been preventable. The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 1,226 construction workers died as a result of some form of negligence in...
The Jane Fonda Syndrome
Could Jane Fonda and panic be the reason we are so behind the rest of the world when it comes to nuclear power? And how much has that contributed to Global Warming?"In the movie “The China Syndrome,” Fonda played...
Ben Franklin Gets High-Tech Makeover in New $100 ...
"WASHINGTON — After six decades in which the venerable greenback never changed its look, the U.S. currency has undergone a slew of makeovers. The most amazing is yet to come.
A new security thread has been...
Runaway Wrecking Ball Causes Havoc
"A wrecking ball has smashed more than a dozen cars after it broke loose from a crane cable and raced downhill.
The 1,500lb (680kg) demolition device bounced into vehicles and injured three people before coming to rest in the boot of a car in the US.
The wrecking ball,...
Man-Made Lightning: Blaster Technology
It was only a matter of time before this sort of thing got the go-ahead, and no doubt whatsoever that such technology would be directly weaponized, as opposed to application as aan Electromagnetic Pulse-type...
Commons crane protest at Trident
Weapons of Mass Desctruction protest in London
Third hospitalized in construction crane tragedy ...
"third man has been hospitalized following the collapse of a construction crane in St. Petersburg, which left three others dead, emergencies officials said.
The 18-year-old young man sustained bruises and a concussion.
A construction crane collapsed onto a nearby apartment...
