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village idiot

Post subject: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:39 pm

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Invergordon Crane Accident

the green one was new :lol:

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Post subject: Re: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:48 pm

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That, is a proper brown pants moment :shock:

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Post subject: Re: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:18 am

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it doesn't take a genius to work out that 1 or 2 degrees off center it becomes unstable

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Post subject: Re: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:25 am

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VI..anything to do with your company??

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village idiot

Post subject: Re: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:13 pm

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wine~o wrote:

VI..anything to do with your company??

not directly but there is a family connection between the one I work for & other companies on site

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Post subject: Re: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:57 pm

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Just sent my mate the link he drives these big buggers :shock:

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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:17 pm

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I hope nobody was injured!

When something that big falls it can really do a lot of damage :shock:

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big-all

Post subject: Re: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:30 pm

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ultimatehandyman wrote:

I hope nobody was injured!

When something that big falls it can really do a lot of damage :shock:

you dont want to be under me if i sit on you or indeed fall on you :lol:

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Post subject: Re: erm, that wasn't supposed to happen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:47 pm

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No one hurt Chez, thanks VI, have forwarded that to out H&S guys, didn't make the news round here. But still very sobering. Showed it to my Contracts Manager today, we both decided we would run like f*ck and not come back. We costed the carnage at £1m per 100T lifting capacity, so that's a bill for £6.5m and a possible prison sentence.

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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:31 pm

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I was working in Hull in 1978 (tunnelling) and our crane fell into a school playground, luckily, the kids were off school that week.

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