16.11.2009

Qatar tip

A truck mounted crane tipped over in the Al-wakrah area of Qatar last week while lifting a six tonne pumping station.

The crane, one of two Kato truck cranes carry out a series of such lifts had been unable to fully extend all four of its outriggers due to the confined space or poor crane positioning.
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The ringed load is similar to the one that tipped this crane

The crane had a good deal of its boom extended when it tipped over, fortunately no one was seriously hurt. The operator suffered some minor injuries but was OK. The boom hit a wall a tree and then the street and buckled.
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The accident investigation begins

A 100 tonne and a 50 tonne crane were called in to recover the fallen crane but unable to retract the boom sufficiently for a recovering it. The second, third and fourth sections were removed.