Crane from sign company falls over and crushes car

[401Graphics]

http://m.heraldnews.com/article/20150218/News/150216382

 

[Bretbyron]

Oooops, forgot to set the stabilizing braces. They had that boom extended way out there.

 

[Billct2]

Didn't us the outriggers.

 

[401Graphics]

This sign shop is about 2 miles from my shop.

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

Be nice to see whys & hows this & other type of accidents happen, the crane operators I know are up in their age & are not into teaching the young & even classes do not really teach ya reality of everything that experience does.

 

[rjssigns]

This sign shop is about 2 miles from my shop.

That may put the shop out of business.

Gonna get ugly just with the clean up. Our neck of the woods HAZMAT gets 5 grand per barrel of absorbent they take off the truck.(and they aren't shy about it) Plus the cost of call out, time on site, additional remediation etc...

 

[reQ]

We had a sign company in our town. They were big enough company (for our size town of 40k) They had big bucket truck etc. Operator crashed power poles & transformator.... no one was hurt, but they wen't out of business same year.

 

[401Graphics]

That may put the shop out of business.

Gonna get ugly just with the clean up. Our neck of the woods HAZMAT gets 5 grand per barrel of absorbent they take off the truck.(and they aren't shy about it) Plus the cost of call out, time on site, additional remediation etc...

I'd be surprised if they went out of business, they are one of the few big sign shops here in Rhode island.

 

[rjssigns]

I'd be surprised if they went out of business, they are one of the few big sign shops here in Rhode island.

Gonna be an interesting ride for sure. Would love to be a fly on the wall in the bosses office.

 

[CreatedDesigns]

This is really not that big of a deal. Correct OSHA will come up with a few fines a car will be totaled and I'm sure the fire department and the towing company took care of the clean up. I am on a hazmat team and fire department. You guys are all doom and gloom and over exaggerating. I would like a follow up to what happens to see. Now if the crane operator was in the bucket and a person inside the car...... Different story.

 

[phototec]

Yep, typical case of operator error, was he lazy, lack of training?

 

[visual800]

OMG OSHA got involved. Wonder how this will effect us sign folk in the near future.

 

[SignManiac]

Must have slipped on the black ice

 

[MikesSigns]

This is one more case "INSURANCE" is necessary. Big Company, High risk..... I'm glad I have mine.........Just in case.

 

[synergy_jim]

The article said the lady worked at Dollar General and her car was crushed...... IS that a MERCEDES???? Maybe she deals drugs from there.

 

[Asuma01]

Looks like a Hyundai to me.

 

[401Graphics]

Definitely a older Hyundai elantra.

 

[GAC05]

At least the company name was perfectly placed for this unscheduled photo op.
Half Off on Crane Rental until the end of the month!
(free towing with validated parking)


wayne k
guam usa

 

[Jwalk]

Scary stuff

One time a sky jack we rented sprung a leak and hydralic fluid was everywhere. Unfortunately or fortunately which ever way you look at it , shortly after it poured rain for hours.

It wasn't our fault for the leak.