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Big Blue crane accident, 1999

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, February 17, 2011, 12:51:01 AM

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The Good Reverend Roger

February 17, 2011, 12:51:01 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fiixoGtM0&feature=related

The two big bangs you hear before the collapse are the keeper rings around the pivot shaft shattering (they were 6' wide steel).

This is what happens when you lift at the crane's max capacity in windy conditions.  The original operator had made them wait 2 days due to wind...They lost their patience, fired him, and had some yahoo step in to run it.  Joe Hero makes 9 lifts, and on the tenth one, things go a teeny bit wrong.
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Richter

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February 17, 2011, 12:57:50 AM
The cost of one accident, even a non - lethal one, makes delays seem cheap.  This never quite sinks in until AFTER the accident though.
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February 17, 2011, 12:59:42 AM
Damn.  Yeah, I'd say that went a li'l bit badly.
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February 17, 2011, 01:51:13 AM
Quote from: Luna on February 17, 2011, 12:59:42 AM
Damn.  Yeah, I'd say that went a li'l bit badly.

Joe Yahoo escaped with injuries.  3 steelworkers inside the stadium were killed.

So, yeah.
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- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
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February 17, 2011, 01:57:21 AM
Fuck.  Hate it when people get killed from somebody else's stupid.
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February 17, 2011, 02:41:01 AM
Where is that, Rog?
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February 17, 2011, 02:42:21 AM
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
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February 17, 2011, 05:13:35 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 17, 2011, 12:51:01 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fiixoGtM0&feature=related

The two big bangs you hear before the collapse are the keeper rings around the pivot shaft shattering (they were 6' wide steel).

This is what happens when you lift at the crane's max capacity in windy conditions.  The original operator had made them wait 2 days due to wind...They lost their patience, fired him, and had some yahoo step in to run it.  Joe Hero makes 9 lifts, and on the tenth one, things go a teeny bit wrong.

So they fired a guy, not for doing something stupid but, for refusing to do something stupid?

Thats fucked up.
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February 17, 2011, 02:52:22 PM
 :cry:

Tragedies because of greed and stupidity should be in their own crime category.
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