09.10.2008

Outrigger accident

A crane installing an air handling unit on a Medical Centre in Dodge City, Kansas, tipped over yesterday after the Asphalt gave way under the cranes outriggers.
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The crane's boom came crashing down on the building

No one was injured in the accident but it caused damage to the unit and building.

The unit had just been lifted over roof when the crane, a Grove TMS 865 truck crane, began to tip. The crane was equipped with outrigger mats but they were on the cranes deck rather than under the jacks.
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Look at where the outrigger mats are

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