A boom truck placing termite fumigation tenting onto the roof of a newly renovated house in Fort Lauderdale overturned onto the building yesterday when the front load side outrigger jack gave way, possibly dropping into a void.
The first crane overturned after an outrigger gave way
The crane’s owner, Cooper Cranes, sent in a second crane, a larger boom truck /truck crane, to recover the first one. The crew hitched a sling midway up the boom of the fallen crane and began lifting. It had its five section boom fully extended for the lift. As it got underway, the base section of the recovery crane's boom buckled and came down onto the roof - in a different place. Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident, and the house was unoccupied.
The second crane starts lifting on a single line and sling The CBS news bulletin below shows the second failure as it happened.
As of last night, the truck crane had been recovered, and crews are working today on the boom truck. The homeowners were preparing to reoccupy the house, following a full renovation that has taken months to complete.
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