Waikato Crane Topple Fail accident
Crane accident New Zealand, 200 tonne Terex All Terrain crane set up on a river bank lifting the second beam of the new Huruhuru Cycleway bridge ...
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Enns Austria Kranunfall Crane Accident : Casedy
@Kfinnegan1975 Guessing your a german by your lack of humour….by the way I was driving a 15t hydracon when i started back in 1980….we never had rigger mats in those days, you found what you could on site and nobody told us where to set up either ,we just made an educated guess as to the ground conditions, thats were the experience came in…..As i said before id work with these guys anytime…not you though…you seem like a pain in the arse to me.
Crane collapse trial could be uphill battle for prosecutors
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - When twin crane collapses in Manhattan killed nine people within a two-month span in 2008, they led to a top-to-bottom overhaul of New York City's inspection procedures and prompted lawsuits against the city and various contractors.
But it remains to be seen whether attempts to hold construction executives and companies criminally responsible for the accidents will succeed.
This week, prosecutors began trying James Lomma, the construction company owner whose crane collapsed in the second incident in May 2008, killing two workers.
As in previous construction death cases -- including the first crane collapse and a 2007 fatal fire in the former Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan -- prosecutors were faced with the challenge of persuading a judge that the defendant deserved to shoulder the lion's share of the blame, even as the defense's expert witnesses promised to point fingers elsewhere.
"In a criminal case, you're picking one actor, unless you're charging a conspiracy," said Howard Hershenhorn, who represented the widow of the crane operator who died in the first collapse. "It's very difficult to find one actor. There are so many factors."
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