17.06.2008

Crane boom comes down in Snowmass

The boom of a lattice crane, reported to be a truck crane, but most likely a crawler, came crashing down on a hotel construction job in Snowmass, near Aspen, Colorado.
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The crane - truck or track?

The crane was lifting a five tonne container of roofing tar for the roof of the Viceroy hotel when, according to an initial inspection, something, most likely a cable, failed on the crane causing the boom to drop.
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The grounded boom

The injured man was standing on a beam when the boom knocked him off causing him to fall around two metres or so. The crane is owned by RMS Crane Service in Denver, Colorado.