The danger from a crane contacting overhead power lines is well-known. From 1999-2012, there were nine deaths in Washington from crane contacts with power lines, including a double fatality in 2010.

New guidance on the safe operation of cranes near overhead power lines has been published by the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA). Guidance –Safe Crane Operation in the Vicinity of ...

One construction worker is in critical condition and another is listed as serious after both were severely burned when a crane touched a power line at a West Seattle construction site Monday, Seattle ...

A Burnaby construction company is appealing a $168,000 WorkSafeBC fine for an incident that saw a tower crane come into contact with a high-voltage power line at a Coquitlam worksite earlier this year ...