Crane owner's greed led to fatal crane collapse, say prosecutors

It killed two people and badly damaged an Upper East Side building, but was a crane collapse a tragic accident or was the crane's owner so intent on s...

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Telehandler dangles from edge of highway

A large telehandler fell off the back of a flatbed truck traveling on Route 8/25 southbound Tuesday morning, creating an odd spectacle on Railroad Ave...

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Volvo Rents Acquires Palmetto Equipment Sales and Rentals, Inc.

Volvo Rents recently announced the acquisition of Palmetto Equipment Sales and Rentals, Inc., a two-location construction equipment rental company wit...

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Fall injures tower crane operator

A tower crane operator was rescued yesterday in Montreal, Canada, after he fell around five meters. The man was reportedly climbing the tower and h...

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Crane magnate waives jury in crane collapse manslaughter trial

The family of a crane operator killed in a 2008 Upper East Side tower crane collapse is furious that the equipment's millionaire owner has opted for a...

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JLG scores victory against former employee David Baxter in Trade Secrets Litigation

A Schiff Hardin LLP attorney team led by partner Matthew F. Prewitt, along with partners Linda K. Stevens and Ayad P. Jacob, achieved a victory for cl...

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OSHA Extends Residential Construction Enforcement Policies

OSHA announced that its temporary enforcement measures applying to fall protection on residential construction jobs will stay in place for six more mo...

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Crane drops 40 tons of steel at World Trade Center construction site

Workers at the World Trade Center got a scare Thursday when a crane cable snapped — and thousands of pounds of steel fell 40 stories down on a flatbed...

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Crane malfunctioned atop SF high rise

A crane accident happened in the Financial District Sunday around 2:30 p.m. About five tons of mechani...

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Feds Target Construction Giant McHugh

Federal prosecutors have set their sights on one of the biggest fish ever, a huge and well-known construction firm with plenty of clout. ...

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