03.07.2007

Crane caught on video

As a crawler crane overturned in Rome, Georgia a passing police car’s dashboard camera caught it all on tape as its boom came crashing down on a busy road.
Please register to see all images

The crawler crane which was rigged with a lot of boom, flipped over sideways

Thankfully it was only the cranes jib that reached the road and it only caught one vehicle, crashing across the back of a car driven by a woman travelling alone. She stepped out unhurt. The crane operator was taken to hospital, apparently with minor injuries.

The crane, which is owned by Phoenix Crane Rental of Mableton, Atlanta, was working for Rome-based Brooks Building Group, was rigged with a long main boom plus fly jib and was lifting a set of steel beems which it was derricking towards the road.when it started to go over.

Reports claim that at least one man was 'riding' the beams and escaped unscathed.

To see the police video click here

To see video report at the scenelink[http://www1.romenews-tribune.com/multimedia/rome/video/269](click here )

The crane has already been removed and replaced allowing work on the office block to continue.

Phoenix Crane

PhoenixCrane is considered to be a well run safety-concious family owned company with around 60 cranes.It was founded in 1983 by Dick Phillips and prides itself on the fact that its operators are all NCCCO trained and certified.

The small crawler crane fleet is largely made up of Link-Belt and Kobelco equipment. The crane that went over this week is one of three Kobelco's the company runs.