06/09/2008

Associated Press

A look at some recent accidents across the country involving construction cranes:

_ Dec. 14, 2007, New York: A crane building a Goldman Sachs headquarters near ground zero drops seven tons of steel on a construction trailer, critically injuring an architect inside.

_ Jan. 22, Port Washington, Wis.: A crane being used to lift a concrete mixer at a parking lot hits power lines. A construction worker is killed.

_ Feb. 2, Pacific Junction, Iowa: A crane collapses at a gas pipeline construction site, trapping and killing a man.

_ March 15, New York: A 19-story crane breaks away from an apartment tower under construction. The accident demolishes a townhouse and damages several other buildings. Six construction workers, including the crane operator, are killed, along with a tourist visiting the city for St. Patrick's Day.

_ March 19, Montpelier, Iowa: A man dies after falling 60 feet from a crane at an eastern Iowa steel plant.

_ March 25, Miami: A crane at a condo project falls 30 stories onto a home used in the movie "There's Something about Mary," killing two workers and injuring five.

_ April 30, Parole, Md.: A construction worker dismantling a crane dies when he is pinned between two pieces of it at a shopping mall under construction.

_ May 20: Adair, Iowa: A crane replacing a bridge on an interstate highway topples onto railroad tracks, killing the operator.

_ May 23, Iatan, Mo.: An 800-ton crane collapses near a power plant construction site. One worker is killed and three others injured.

_ May 30, New York: A 200-foot crane building a condo project in Manhattan smashes into another apartment building and to the street, killing the operator and another construction worker.

_ May 31, Las Vegas: A crane at the site of a Las Vegas resort crushes to death a construction worker caught between the crane track and its counterweight system.

_ May 31, Wright, Wyo.: Three ironworkers are hurt when a large crane collapses as it sets a section of tubing above railroad tracks at a coal mine.

_ June 4, Dundalk, Md.: A crane collapses during a storm, briefly trapping two steel mill workers.