Click URL to see chart. https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/crane-related-work-deaths-trended-down-from-1992-to-2017.htm Crane-related work deaths trended down from 1992 to 2017 JUNE 26, 2019 There were 33 crane-related fatalities in 2017, the lowest number since we began tracking fatal work injuries in 1992. From 1992 to 2010, crane-related fatalities averaged 78 deaths a year. Between 2011 and 2017, the average fell to 42 deaths a year.
LMI 's, increased insurance costs, mandatory training and certifications.....doesn't surprise me a bit. It's a good thing!!!
Seattle must be a hot spot then. Four deaths at one time a month or two ago.
24 percent of the deaths were in a plant or manufacturing, I don't think those apply to what most of us on this site consider "crane" work. 23 percent are when assembling or disassembling a crane, I always tell people that is actually the most critical part of most crane work. Setting up and tearing down. Its like painting, its all about the prep work. The actual picks don't take any time, and is the easiest part. Tearing down a lattice boom, all the ironworkers love to jump in and start beating out pins and the next thing you know a section can fall or pin someone, I know of two guys myself that didn't get to go home due to that. The saddest part was texas, 50 of the deaths were there, and the next closest states were florida, california, new york and ill, all with 14-16 deaths. Texas is a boom area, and the oilfield work is lots and lots of hours away from home working in the dark and its tough tough work. Its a sad deal. i don't care a lot about how much we get done in a day, as long as we all get to go home at the end of the day.
Doesn't do much good to save a few minutes or make a little more profit on a job to end up in the morgue!