12.04.2017

Tasmania Crane overturn

A two axle All Terrain crane overturned in Launceston, Tasmania last week when the ground gave way under one of its outriggers.
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The crane overturned when the ground gave way

The crane, a two axle Tadano owned by local crane rental company Pfieffer Cranes, was working on a new timber frame building in the Trevallyn area of the city last Friday,with a fully extended main boom, when one of the rear outriggers appears to have punched through the ground surface, causing the crane to overturn. We do not know if outrigger mats had been used.
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The crane was working on full boom

One man is reported to have been injured although not seriously, the incident is being investigated by Worksafe Tasmania. And two larger cranes quickly moved in to the recover the stricken crane.
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The rear right outrigger appears to have punched through the ground surface