Sobering reminder of how dangerous construction can be.

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I am not sure if it made your local news, but a few days ago at the boise Air Port there was a crane collapse  that took down the rest of the steal building  that was being built.

3 men lost thier lives and 9 hospitalized.

I have been on that site and actually  bid on part of the construction ( did not get it)

Just a little reminder on how you never know when it's your time.  Make sure you let your loved ones know that you care. 

[Big Frank]

That's terrible. It looks like the hanger broke in half right down the middle.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G8WBm8N4Uc

[billt]

I'm old enough to remember when the "Big Blue" crane collapsed in 1999, while installing a 450 ton roof structure in Milwaukee, when they were building the new stadium for the Milwaukee Brewers.

I believe 3 died in that one. 5 were injured.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXr1IeWbP10

[Big Frank]

I didn't watch this video yet but I know a lot of cranes fail because they're overloaded, trying to lift too much weight period, or too much for the angle they're operating at. If you can lift a certain load up and down, and  move it forward and back a certain amount, doesn't mean the crane won't fail if the weight is off to one side. I've seen accidents where it looked like the weight was shifted too far to one side and the boom folded or the crane tipped over. But I'm going to see what the expert said about it 2 years ago. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxdjSG5IFds

[PegLeg45]

Yep... things can go bad quickly.
I worked in a dangerous business for years and I had a few close calls and minor injuries (worst was 2nd degree burns from a 480v arc blast in an electrical cabinet).....I was near several bad ones where it was touch and go whether someone died....and in all that, the only on-site death we had was a heart attack where a guy died sitting on a forklift.

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[billt]

Then you have idiots like this.

https://kaotic.com/video/bfe6c4e3_20240204200341_t

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

Then you have idiots like this.

https://kaotic.com/video/bfe6c4e3_20240204200341_t

Yep! That qualifies as a TRUE ID TEN T error and almost a Darwin award at the same time.

[MikeBjerum]

As they say, that will leave a mark.

I'm estimating his feet were 25'-30' up when he lost it.  I went off a grain bin with my feet at 18' and landed on hard gravel. Knocked the wind out, broke three ribs and cracked two vertebra, but walked away. When it comes to falls some can walk away from a 20' drop, and some bend over, lose their balance and die from the impact.

[Big Frank]

As they say, that will leave a mark.

I'm estimating his feet were 25'-30' up when he lost it.  I went off a grain bin with my feet at 18' and landed on hard gravel. Knocked the wind out, broke three ribs and cracked two vertebra, but walked away. When it comes to falls some can walk away from a 20' drop, and some bend over, lose their balance and die from the impact.

Thumbs up.

WCGW? What Could Go Wrong? I've seen videos of those walls where the fake rocks have one bolt through the middle and can spin around. You think you have a good hold then, whoopsie! And that's if you aren't an idiot.

[Rastus]

I used to be a certified crane operator...offshore endorsement.  Boom angle and load was something you had to be aware of before hooking up...then you had to worry about the moving target (boat deck).  Then you had to time your slack to pickup at the top of the wave (ideally) to keep from jerking the crane off the platform and down 60-120' (depending on which platform and how high).  I also had an endorsement to load and unload people on a personnel basket. 

We nearly lost a crane and operator when offloading a platform rig.  The crane was mounted on two 4' tall I-beams...the operator was ready for hookup and the boat took off..at the top of a wave and the hook caught on a 200'+ workboat.  The crane operator managed to jump to the deck and the I-beams were twisted like pretzels...but everything stayed on the platform.  It bent the boat..they had to backup and release the hook.