Six injured as crane hits train in Calgary

In Calgary this morning a construction crane hit a light-rail transit train, with nasty consequences. The train was violently derailed."The mid-morning accident occurred when the boom arm of the mobile crane punched through the front window on the driver's side of the train....

Oklahoma crane fall kills man watching construction

An elderly man watching a construction site from his car was killed when a crane fell putting a steeple on an Oklahoma City church earlier today."Ambulance officials say a 78-year-old woman who was also in the car was transported to a hospital in good condition.The accident...

Job Site Corruption Linked to NYC Crane Collapses

With all those cranes towering over New York City, one would like to believe that the people operating them are fully qualified to do so. One would be mistaken. A 2006 lawsuit over job-site corruption exposed several weak links in the safety of construction sites, which...

Worker crushed by falling crane

A man who was killed by a falling crane's death has been ruled as accidental by a court in the UK."The death of a man when a crane fell on a building site in Liverpool was accidental, an inquest jury has ruled. Construction worker Zbigniew Roman Swirzynski was struck by a...

Crane Collapses at Stadium in Arlington, Texas

CNN is reporting that a crane has collapsed at a stadium in Arlington, Texas that is to be the future home of the Dallas Cowboys. More news as it develops.

Kane Enabled

Why, Bruce, why!?! At least it's not a Uwe Boll vehicle:"Bruce Willis is in negotiations to play a death row inmate in "Kane & Lynch," a thriller based on a video game.Willis' character, Kane, and a schizophrenic killer named Lynch, are sprung by Kane's former team so...