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.
The cost of one accident, even a non - lethal one, makes delays seem cheap. This never quite sinks in until AFTER the accident though.
Damn. Yeah, I'd say that went a li'l bit badly.
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.
Fuck. Hate it when people get killed from somebody else's stupid.
Where is that, Rog?
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.
:cry:
Tragedies because of greed and stupidity should be in their own crime category.