10.03.2009

Harness saves one while lack of kills another

A suspended platform collapsed today in Sydney dumping its two young occupants from 20 metres up. One was wearing a harness and escaped any injury, the other with no harness died.
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The suspended platform was being lowered when it collapsed

The two – apparently teenagers - were helping paint the four-storey Maroubra Seals Sports and Community Club building in Maroubra, Sydney this morning when one end of the platform dropped dumping the two.

The one was wearing a harness and was quickly rescued by being pulled through an open window. He apparently refused any medical treatment and was suffering from the odd scratch and bruising.
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One of the occupants was wearing a harness and was unhurt

The affair did not end there a 60 tonne mobile crane brought in to remove the platform, is reported to have tipped over in the car park as it set up while being filmed on national television. Its boom crashed into parked cars and narrowly missed a group of police and WorkCover inspectors.