How not to use two cranes.....

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ma 03 aug 2015, 18:13

This happened today over here, luckily no one was hurt. (As far as reports go at the moment)
Fell on some houses and a shop.

View: https://youtu.be/j83Euldj75I
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[t-tony]

Jeeze Mike if no one was hurt there it's nothing short of a miracle.

Tony.

 

[pgunter]

Whoops... I think someone could be in the do dos after that one.

 

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Reports now state 20 wounded and two rescue choppers flown in.

 

[Jack Ratt]

I've had first hand experience of an incident like this. Had a crane tip over and fall into the sea during a load test. Crane driver jumped out just as the crane went over the edge of the quay. He suffered a broken leg but could have been much worse.

Can't divulge anymore info as the insurance claim still hasn't been settled nearly 4yrs on.

I didn't eat or sleep for a month. Easily the worst experience I've had since I've been on this earth

 

[pgunter]

I have seen a crane jib snap... That was a scary moment and the 'bang' made windows rattle.

 

[t-tony]

20 wounded

Honestly can't say that I'm surprised to read that Mike, hope no ones is seriously hurt all the same.

Tony.

 

[Brian H]

Holy cow!

 

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[t-tony]

What was it that they were lifting, it looked like a flood gate or something. It didn't sit right with me that the cranes were both on one side of the barge/platform.

Tony.

 

[andyglym]

Very tricky manoeuvre on a barge. Let's hope everybody is ok.

 

[hard top]

What was it that they were lifting

The deck of a rasable bridge.

 

[t-tony]

Sure was a big chunk of metal.

Tony.

 

[Cooper]

Really it was predictable and they should have known better.

We once had a ship do an entire roll while unloading a full container because of the same stupid error! It is reported to still have mud up in the crow's nest! Hahaha.

 

[Kit]

That made the on line papers. I wonder if the bardge also put its outriggers down / out?

 

[DavidM]

Who planned that operation???

 

[Lee]

Maybe because we are a very safety conscious society, but you could see the load was too great on the back of that floating barge and to swing a load that big on a boat is madness.

 

[Shelly]

Whoops a daisy
Some insurance claims their I bet

 

[oldcarman]

Absolute insanity,hope everyone wasn't seriously injured. JIM

 

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One guy with a broken hip and one dead dog, believe it or not.......