10.04.2008

They come in threes

What is happing to cranes in Brisbane? There were three separate accidents in the city today in which three men were injured.

The first occurred just after 8:00 this morning in Silica Street, in the suburb if Ipswich, when a crane dropped some sheet metal on 35 year-old man, trapping him under the load. Emergency services freed him and he was taken to QEII Hospital.

Barely an hour later at just after 9:00, a 30 year-old man suffered leg injuries after he was struck by a cranes counterweight at the Port of Brisbane. He was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Then finally just before noon a set of lifting chains fell from a cranes hook on a site at Airport Drive, striking a 33 year-old man on the head. He was taken to the Royal Brisbane Hospital.