COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A construction crane crashed onto a shopping mall in central Norway on Friday amid strong winds, killing one person and injuring at least two others, police said. The winds likely caused the unmanned crane, which was at least 50 meters (165 feet) high to slam onto the mall in Melhus, which is south of…
Construction Worker Hoisted Into the Air by Tower Crane, Then Fell as He Was Being Lowered
On the morning of Nov. 10, a construction worker was hoisted into the air by the tail rope of a tower crane and later fell to the ground. The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims believes the accident was linked to the lack of communication between workers and strongly condemned its delayed report…
Hong Kong Construction Site Accident Kills 3 Workers
A 10-meter-tall (about 33 feet) and 30-meter-long (about 98 feet) crane collapsed at a Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) construction site on Anderson Road, Sau Mau Ping, Hong Kong, on Sept. 8. It fell onto several shipping containers that had been converted into temporary offices. The collapse caused three deaths and six injuries, including workers…
Reports: Crane Collapse in Northern Italy’s Turin Kills 3
ROME—Two building cranes collapsed on a street in the northern Italian city of Turin, killing three construction workers and injuring passersby Saturday, firefighters and news reports said. Two of the workers died at the scene and their bodies were extracted from the twisted blue metal, firefighters said in a tweet. The third was taken to…
Japanese Artist Turns Thousands of Miniature Origami Cranes Into Symbolic Bonsai Trees
A Japanese artist who always considered the origami crane to be tightly linked to war and peace is now giving a new meaning to it by incorporating thousands of them into his works of art. Tiny, hand-folded paper cranes take on new life as “leaves” on the branches of bonsai-style tree sculptures, inviting viewers into…
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