25.04.2017
Crane fatality in Dallas
A man died yesterday, while another was injured after a truck crane overturned in downtown Dallas, Texas.
The man who died was working on the ground, possibly as a rigger/slinger, and was crushed by the falling boom.
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The overturned crane
The crane, a National Crane NBT 40 on a five axle commercial chassis, looks relatively news and was working with a retracted main boom, with outriggers down, but inboard/short rigged.
The crane operator was apparently not hurt in the incident, while the injured man was also working below and is not thought to have life threatening injuries.
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The crane was shortrigged
Red
When are these so called "operators" going to realize that no good ever comes from working a crane, particularly a large boom truck, on fully retracted outriggers. An innocent man has perished, an operator is emotionally scarred for life, and a family has needlessly lost a member. And worse of all, these incidents continue to happen.