WORLD-WIDE TOWER CRANE ACCIDENT STATISTICS
2000 - 2009
Since the year 2000 there have been over 997Tower Crane Accidents which have resulted in over 716 Deaths
and countless injuries. Keep in mind that many accidents are never reported on, so this figure could be double.
Tower Crane Accidents in year 2009 to date = 184 Accidents with 77 Deaths
Tower Crane Accidents for 2010 ( 3-14-10) = 11 Accidents with 9 Deaths!
Statistics are based on documented, construction-related Tower Crane accidents only.
176 ACCIDENTS resulting in 75 DEATHS.
Incident Analyses:
Assembly = 15 Accidents - 5 Deaths:
Disassembly = 14 Accidents - 10 Deaths:
Climbing = 24 Accidents - 37 Deaths:
In Operation = 72 Accidents - 21 Deaths:
Primary failures: Structural, Technical, Foundation, and Operator error where only 5 could be verified.
Wind = 24 Accidents - 2Deaths:
Operator error may account for many of these accidents - due to improper shutdown procedures.
Unknown = 27 Accidents - ?? Deaths:
Read "unedited" article that appeared in the September, 09 issue of International Cranes.
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My goal here is to bring awareness to those that believe it won't happen to them! If anyone has additional
information on these or other accidents please email me.
Below are just some of the more detailed, infamous accidents from around the world!
Worthton, 2005 - A Wolff 320BF( Luffer ) tower crane collapsed into another crane during dismantling.
( 2 Deaths, 1 Injured ).
This "common" practice of loosening / de-torquing mast bolts to "finger" tightness ( or less ) prior to
dismantling and or climbing a crane down, and also during assembly, is still going on to this day!
Germany, 2008 - Liebherr collapse due to bolt de-torque during disassembly. If anyone knows of other similar tower crane collapses due to mast bolt loosening, please email me details.
Taiwan, Taipei: 2002 - "TWO" Favco-440D Tower (Luffer) Crane collapse from the 56th floor Check out this video of the crane going over! ( about 30 seconds into clip ) "VIEW HERE" Another - VIEW PAGE - 1- 2- 3- 4 - 5 - 6 -7 - 8 - 9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15
during an earthquake! ( 5 Deaths, 23 injured ).
This video shows both cranes going over! "VIEW HERE"
