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Tower Crane Photos, Accidents, & Mishaps

This is a small collection of tower crane related photos that we've collected over the years. If you have any photos that you would like to share, please contact us via our Contact Us page.



Crane Crash in Miami Fl. One man dies.

23 October 2009.This is what happens when you do not follow the crane manufacturer's Maintenance program.

Cool Tower Crane Photo
What a cool Tower Crane Photo!
There was actually an operator in the cab. He was not hurt.

Tower Crane Accident 1 Tower Crane Accident 1
Tower Crane Accident 1

Tower Crane Accident 1

Tower Crane Accident 1


This crane accident may not have happen if a good crane inspector had inspected the crane

This crane accident may not have happen if a good crane inspector had inspected the crane

A large crane lies in an intersection on the Upper East Side after it collapsed Friday.


A top-floor apartment shows damage after a construction crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York on Friday. The crane smashed into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground.


Officials stare up at the crane that collapsed on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 91st Street and 1st Avenue on Friday.


Recovery workers lower the body of a construction worker killed April 30 atop a crane at Annapolis Towne Center construction site in Parole, Md.


Workers try to remove parts of a crane that fell through the roof of a building in Miami on March 25, 2008. Two workers were killed, and at least five people were injured.




2 December 2003 in Rotterdam. 1 man killed and 2 wounded. The story go's that several bolts from the Tower crane cranefoot were used and probably they were over-tightened. The crane operator survived but was badly wounded. One man who was working down in the building where the crane fell, died. He had nothing to do with the building site. And he was employed with a crane rental company.

POTAIN tower crane that collapsed on 7th July 2005 at 13:10 local time Hong Kong. The crane operator was killed, but not one public or site workers was hurt, the bottom section of the mast was broken, contributing factors have yet to be established.

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