19.07.2010

Three injured when telehandler tips

A telehandler fitted with a non-integrated platform from which three men were working tipped over last Thursday in Cadott, Wisconsin.

The three, aged 30, 16 and 17, were fitting advertising banners to the stage surround prior to the opening of a music festival - Rock Fest, when the Caterpillar telehandler tipped over on its side dropping the three around eight metres to the ground.

Local reports suggest that the ground was wet from heavy rains and that the ground subsided under one of the front wheels causing it to lean and loose stability. It crashed into the structure as it went over.
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The telehandler after it was recovered

The telehandler operator was trapped in his cab and escaped by breaking a side window, he was uninjured. The 16 year old was airlifted to hospital while the others went by road. All are said to have serious internal injuries and borken bones.