18.05.2012
Five axle AT overturns in Ca
A 240 ton five axle All Terrain crane overturned at a rental company in Orange County, California this morning. The crane, a Grove GMK5240 owned by Crane Rental Service overturned at its yard in West Collins avenue while being tested or inspected.
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The overturned crane - take from the street
The crane’s boom was fully extended and the outriggers fully set, when the unit tipped over the back, the boom nose struck the ground, causing the boom to buckle. The operator was thrown through the superstructure cab windscreen, falling around three metres to the ground, however the operator declined any medical attention.
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The boom is just about 'written off'
As to how it happened, we do not know for sure, but the crane was not fitted with counterweight, and the boom was probably reaching a critical angle, depending on what was on the hook at the time. It was being tested or inspected when it went over.
Good Morning Mr Editor,
No Counterweights, No wonder this Grove 5240 tipped over.
Its a Miracle that no person was killed by that Falling Boom.
Gentlemen please, let no-one describe this dangerous incident as an 'Accident' for it was entirely foreseeable for anyone who cared to look.
With ' Foreseeability' now being a major factor considered by UK Courts, when deciding Employers liability. All following the Judgment of Londons Court of Appeal ( CA) in the ' Tangerine Confectionery' Fatal Injury case in August 2011.
Kind Regards
Mike Ponsonby BA