From the UK govt.'s Health and Safety Site [1] Since 2001 there have been 61 accidents involving tower cranes [in the UK]. 9 people have died, and 25 have bee

From the UK govt.'s Health and Safety Site [1] Since 2001 there have been 61 accidents involving tower cranes [in the UK]. 9 people have died, and 25 have been seriously injured. I don't know why they chose that year, perhaps in response to the highly publicised crash in London in 2000 which claimed 3 lives [2] [1] http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/cranes.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/cranes.htm [2] http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/crane/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/crane/