May 23, 2023
ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) – A crane being towed on a barge hit the main span of the Mackinac Bridge, although an official says inspectors found no significant damage to the span linking the Michigan’s lower and upper peninsulas. The …
October 27, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) _ The final giant chunk of an overturned cargo ship was removed from waters along the coast of Georgia on Monday, almost a year after demolition began on the wreck that tipped over with 4,200 automobiles in …
July 19, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The towering crane being used to saw apart an overturned cargo ship along the Georgia coast has paused work for maintenance and repairs. Salvage crews have removed nearly two-thirds of the Golden Ray in five giant …
April 28, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Demolition of a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast reached the halfway mark Monday as a towering crane lifted the vessel’s engine room section away from the rest of the shipwreck for removal by …
November 10, 2011
Authorities say a crane operator was injured when the dock under the machinery collapsed in Tampa. The accident happened Tuesday evening at the CSX Phosphate Terminal. The St. Petersburg Times reports that fire rescue crews found a 40-foot-tall rail crane …
October 20, 2011
A thief literally lifted a Jeep Wrangler from a northern Indiana car lot by using a crane to make the heist. A surveillance camera at LaPorte Chrysler captured someone driving a truck with a crane onto the lot, then circling …
September 21, 2011
A construction crane toppled into the lobby of a Louisiana retirement home on Monday, but missed patients’ rooms and no residents were injured, officials said. One employee was taken to the hospital to be checked for possible injuries as a …
September 1, 2011
A small Northern California amusement park remains closed while safety officials investigate how a maintenance crane collapsed, injuring two workers. California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokesman Dean Fryer said Wednesday the investigation will take about four months. The …
August 26, 2011
Fire officials in Georgia, Vt., say a crane tipped over and its boom went right through the roof of a market next door. Elwin Sweeney, of the Georgia Volunteer Fire Department, tells WCAX-TV the crane fell into Georgia Market on …