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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FLEMING RICHARD H   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP [CMCO] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 140 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PARKWAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/23/2012 (Street) AMHERST, NY 14228 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               23,514.1481 D   Common Stock 07/23/2012   A   3,194 (1) A $ 14.09 26,708.1481 D   Common Stock 07/25/2012   M   650 (2) A $ 0 27,358.1481 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(3)	07/25/2012		M			650	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	650	(2)	650 (2)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(3)							(4)	(4)	Common Stock	650		650 (4)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(3)							(5)	(5)	Common Stock	325		325 (5)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(3)	07/23/2012		A		1,300		(6)	(6)	Common Stock	1,300 (6)	$ 0	1,300 (6)	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FLEMING RICHARD H 140 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PARKWAY AMHERST, NY 14228	X

Signatures

Mary C. O'Connor, Power of Attorney for Richard H. Fleming		07/25/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares granted to reporting person pursuant to the Columbus McKinnon Corporation 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan dated as of July 26, 2010.
(2)	Originally a 1,300 restricted stock unit award, 650 restricted stock units became fully vested and non-forfeitable on July 25, 2012. The remaining 650 restricted stock units become fully vested and non-forfeitable 50% on July 25, 2013 and 50% on July 25, 2014.
(3)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one (1) share of Columbus McKinnon Corporation common stock.
(4)	Originally a 1,300 restricted stock unit award, 650 restricted stock units became fully vested and non-forfeitable on July 26, 2011. The remaining 650 restricted stock units become fully vested and non-forfeitable 50% on July 26, 2012 and 50% on July 26, 2013, if reporting person remains a director of issuer.
(5)	Originally a 1300 restricted stock unit award, 650 restricted stock units became fully vested and non-forfeitable on July 27, 2010 and 325 restricted stock units became fully vested and non-forfeitable on July 27, 2011 . The remaining 325 restricted stock units become fully vested and non-forfeitable on July 27, 2012, if reporting person remains a director of issuer.
(6)	Represents restricted stock units issued to reporting person under the Columbus McKinnon Corporation 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan dated as of July 26, 2010, subject to forfeiture; units become fully vested and non-forfeitable 50% on July 23, 2013, 25% on July 23, 2014 and 25% on July 23, 2015, if reporting person remains a director of issuer.

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