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    interesting piece of kit

    http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kvhew8WRMg&feature=youtu.be
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    Two construction workers lose their lives by drowning.

    Folks just posting this for you to read, debate the right and wrongs and such. http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/two-workers-who-died-following-6348686 Two workers died tragically on Saturday following a catastrophic disaster on the River Shannon. Another man...
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    Accident kills a lad from this side of the pond in NY

    http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-dies-crane-accident-midtown-construction-site-article-1.2197515 I believe his body has been repatriated for burial. Condolences to family and friends.......
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    Wife speaks of her loss

    Last year on this wee island 30 people were kill in farm accidents, as part of a safety campaign those who are left to pick up the pieces speak on the affect of the accident and how it impacted on their lives. I found this video tough to watch and I hope it has the desired effect. Please take 5...
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    So it is nearly Thanksgiving............

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQYTMFCLy5E http://vimeo.com/79795022 Be careful and have a lovely holiday.
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    Little bit of winching.....'cause it's stuck

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CzS0w-iOI
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    German Operator killed by WW2 bomb

    German excavator driver killed in WWII bomb explosion A World War Two bomb has exploded at a construction site near a west German town, killing a man and injuring eight other workers. The explosion occurred after a digger accidentally struck the device during excavation work in Euskirchen...
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    Agricultural machinery firm John Deere must pay €470,000 over injury of young man

    12 December 2013 An agricultural machinery company must pay out some €470,000 arising from a young man's legal action over serious injuries suffered while trying to clear a blockage in a silage harvester. A three judge Supreme Court unanimously upheld findings of negligence against John...
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    Volvo buy Terex dumper division

    Terex Agrees to Sell Truck Business To Volvo for $160 Million Terex Corporation has announced that it has agreed to sell its truck business to Volvo Construction Equipment for cash proceeds of approximately $160 million. The truck business manufactures and sells off-highway rigid...
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    Do we need to see more of this?

    Charges Brought in Philly Building Collapse That Killed Six PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A cut-rate building contractor will face murder charges for a botched demolition in downtown Philadelphia that killed six people inside an adjacent store, officials announced Monday. Prosecutors called Griffin...
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    CNH ends its Kobelco alliance

    CNH ends its Kobelco alliance CNH and Kobelco Construction Machinery are scrapping their construction machinery manufacturing alliance. CNH, part of the Fiat empire, felt that the alliance restricted its ability to exploit market growth in fast-growing Asian markets. All geographic...
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    Definitely Not for me......................

    Setting up some new ski slopes with a D6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGNaFMpv_KI&feature=player_embedded
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    Ulster's Spence dies in family farm tragedy

    Ulster's Spence dies in family farm tragedy Nevin Spence Ulster and Irish Wolfhounds rugby player Nevin Spence has died alongside his brother and their father in a farming tragedy which also injured their sister in Northern Ireland. Spence, 22, rose to prominence playing for Ulster...
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    Double fatality in Florida

    Two men working from a self-propelled boom lift were electrocuted after they inadvertently touched a power line in Fort Myers, Florida on Friday. The two, Juan Bocanegra, 37, and Dustin Manning, 30, were planning to remove fascia mouldings/boards damaged by woodpeckers at a beach condominium...
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    Dead Duck

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u4jY2xoKrZ8
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    Someone Planned this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1DQM8GktCYA
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    Muppets in Russia.............

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a16AOP_1YnM
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    What caused this?

    Here is a picture of a 4cyl turbo motor head. I know we will never know what actually caused this failure but I would like to see what you folks say.......
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    Spectacular Crane display lift......

    Tried to post the Picture but the detail was lost so follow the link.......................... http://www.equipmenthandbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Liebherr-LR13000-9757-533x800.jpg The blog is worth a read...
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    Boom lift fatality yesterday.

    Worker killed in 100ft crane snap Tragedy ... the snapped crane in Glasgow By DAVID WYNN A WORKER was killed yesterday in a horror 100ft plunge when a crane SNAPPED. He is understood to have been thrown from the cherrypicker and was battered by scaffolding as he fell to the...
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