04.06.2013

Telehandler overturns at school

A telehandler overturned yesterday at a school in Virginia, USA, no one was hurt in the incident.

The telescopic handler, a US market JCB, was helping with renovation work at the Canterbury Woods Elementary School in Annandale when the unit went over sideways with the boom landing on the edge of a school building.
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The overturned telehandler

The incident occurred just before the children arrived for the day, but classes continued as normal.

We understand that the telehandler was moving and or extended the already telescoped boom with the wheels on one side of the machine in a depression, caused by the road’s heavy camber simple causing it to lose stability.
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The wheels on one side of the machine were lower than the other, due to the road camber