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When William Neeley saw the photos and video of a heavy crane plummeting hundreds of feet onto cars below, his gut told him a catastrophic failure occurred, he said to the Miami Herald.
[2] [3] Three Iron Workers Local 8 members, Jeffrey Wischer, William DeGrave, and Jerome Starr, were killed when the suspended personnel platform in which they were observing the lift was hit by the falling crane. [3] [4] A safety inspector was filming construction of the stadium on that day and captured the collapse on video as it occurred.
Stunning video captured the arm of the crane crashing down, brushing an adjacent skyscraper as debris rained to the street below. Streets still closed a day after collapse 18:00 , Megan Sheets
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The crane, which was being dismantled, fell across the street and its median, crushing six cars near the Fairview Avenue intersection. It also damaged the building's roof and eastern facade. [ 2 ] Two of the four victims were ironworkers, while the others, a college student and a former city administrator, were in vehicles on the street.
On March 15, 2008, a crane owned by New York Crane & Equipment collapsed during construction. Seven people were killed and 24 others were injured. [ 5 ] It was a luffing-jib tower crane manufactured by Favco that was 200 feet (61 m) tall at the time of the collapse.
Not the first crane accident for city, or equipment owner. 08:45, AP. The crane is owned by the New York Crane & Equipment Corp., one of the city’s most widely used crane providers, officials said.
Similarly, in the above example, had a storm randomly blown through that caused the crane to fall, the contractor could potentially claim that it’s not liable because an act of nature caused the ...