27.09.2018

Spider lift lands on bus

A spider lift overturned onto a bus in Glasgow, Scotland last night injuring the operator.

Exactly what happened is no clear at this time, but the incident occurred in George Square in the city, the spider lift, which looks to be in the 17 to 23 metre range, was working on a high rise building when it came down as a bus pulled into the adjoining bus stop.
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The spider lift turned onto its side

The bus either clipped the spider lift's riser as it pulled into the stop, or there just happened to be a ground related issue just as the bus pulled in. The platform's basket came to rest well above the ground as the boom landed on the bus and bus shelter roof. According to the police the man in the platform, who was employed by Conservation Masonry, was injured, but not seriously, suggesting that he was wearing as harness and short lanyard and managed to remain in the platform.
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The boom and riser came down onto the bus and bus shelter

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The platform came to rest well above ground level