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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Fallen Cranes and Other Troubled Machinery


They just can't keep standing straight, it seems, no matter what technology we come up with. They still get blown this way and that by the wind, careless blunders and sheer negligence of operators.

Some accidents, though, seem to be caused by the unforeseen circumstances, such as a sudden overload, or an accumulated metal fatigue. A dedicated website also exists to document any crane mishaps, year-by-year.

We'll start with an accident sent us by Elve from Holland:
A mobile crane (400 ton) was hired to take out a sunken dredge-boat out of a pond, but during the job it fell into the water itself.
So then they needed something really big (750 ton crane) to get it out:.....More info & Pics......

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