15.03.2018
Soft ground causes crane overturn
A four axle truck crane overturned in Pruszków, on the south west side of Warsaw, Poland earlier today.
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The ground gave way beneath the crane's outriggers
The crane was working alongside the railway station at the time and had just lifted the first steel beam when one of the outriggers sank into the soft ground and the crane - a old 35 tonne Bumar T321 or T351 made Stawola Wola under licence from Coles Cranes – overturned with the boom landing on a bakery.
No one was hurt in the incident and the damage to the building was light. The crane operator told the local police that the ground had given way under his outriggers, and it looks as though he was not using mats on what was soft ground.
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A view from above
Perhaps is time the crane was retired?
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If this crane is based on a Coles, just stand it back up and carry on working. Coles Cranes absolute animal's to operate but almost indestructible.
.Mat.
Landed on a bakery 'eh?
Clearly it went for a roll.
*Glad no one was hurt and damage was light.
Sherm
If the cause of the accident was soft soil any crane old or new would have fallen over. If this crane was operable within safe standards then why should the device not continue in service?