I bet OSHA had a field day with that one!

They created a landslide. Hope he had his seatbelt on. What a ride.

Just a coincidence or did the operator swivel around to save his ass?

holy crap!

Too close to the water. Needed a bigger reach to get back further. Did look like he rotated to face away from the danger.

In my experience with cranes I would guess he was trying to take the weight off of the mat that was collapsing but the boom was to far up to save it.

Knew they were on soft base with all of that cribbing and a spotter, he should have ordered the load set down in middle of video when he observed the ground splitting. Operator made it worse when he rotated after setting load down the counterweights were working againts him at that point, when the ground starts giving way under an outrigger it's a bad feeling, not much time to think...

dmscrane.com

Did you notice the guy outsside on the radio decided it would be a GOOD idea to try and run around the side closest to the collapsing crain. .................... Idiot

Looks like the person running the video thought that might happen. Spent a lot of time focused on the ground in the beginning.

Looks like he was trying to set it down quick when the load started swaying and hitting the wood platform. Too small of crane for the job, he should have had a bigger crane back on more stable ground so he could handle a larger moment load.

exactly--


multiple screw-ups from my point of view.


1- to small a crane for the necessary reach--epic cheap skate
2-setup in a spot in direct violation of osha rules,which is at least 20ft from a slope--epic fine
3-supervisor knew something was wrong with the crane's sound,cracking ground and operator/oilers concern ,at that point the operator should have been told lay the load down and reset the crane to a safe location---epic fail
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crane swinged on its own due to force of crane moving/load swing.
operator was smart to not jump because once it is going it is a high% chance he would die jumping where as riding it through the tip you have a high% chance of living.the operator should have been smart enough to throw the load away and save the crane,he should have alerted ground personnel with horn to eminent failure .

end result epic fail operator/supervisor/foreman/oiler should all be fired..


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my experience with cranes is i AM a certified crane operator up to 500 tons and i have been with cranes for 10years..

Yes no doubt the camera man knew something was wrong.

I think this was in New Zealand so no OSHA there.

Pucker factor = 10.

<-------- waiting for OB to chime in and explain why everything went wrong.

His name must've been "Derrick"

Someone needs to send old dude an inverted alliance sticker.......

I hate when that happens!!!

Back in my younger days doing underground, my boss was digging a trench with one outrigger on a steel gas line and the other on the bucket of a dozer...
Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do....

"Lucy...


joo got a lotta splaining to do..."

He was trying to lower the load using the winch, when he should have extended in, bringing the load closer and lowering it faster than the winch line.

The crane cannot rotate as fast as that thing whipped, but it was good that it went the way it did.

I do not see that the crane was too small, but the setup was totally phuquered for sure.

John

wowmomwow

This one is still my favorite;

http://www.glamisdunes.com/invision/index....=204216&hl=

WOW

I opened this with caution. I was waiting for the fth wheel hitting the bank video!