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Crane accident NYC again!
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willie59
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Hey Speedpup, the link wouldn't work for me.
No1Hookman
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I wouldn't know why he would link to e-bay unless they're trying to get rid of the evidence. 
J/K
J/K
Buckethead
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+1. Apparently the workers had already gone home for the day. The machine tilted to one side. Looks like maybe the ground under the outrigger started settling?
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I wouldn't know why he would link to e-bay unless they're trying to get rid of the evidence.
me dumb dumb!
here it is http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7354595NYC suspends operator's license after crane strike
By DEEPTI HAJELA (AP) – 29 minutes ago
NEW YORK — The operator of a crane that tilted and hit a 25-story building near Wall Street has had his license suspended.
New York City Department of Buildings spokesman Tony Sclafani says inspectors determined Christopher Cosban didn't secure the mobile crane properly at the end of the workday Saturday. He says that contributed to the accident. He says a final determination on the cause is pending.
No injuries were reported Saturday after the crane hit a ledge near the top of the mixed-use building on Maiden Lane, three blocks from Wall Street. The impact showered debris on the ground and forced evacuations of nearby buildings.
The crane was lowered and dismantled Sunday.
An attempt to find a telephone number for Cosban has turned up one listing. A message left at that number hasn't been returned.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Residents near a Financial District building that was hit by a crane returned to their homes Sunday, the day after the accident showered debris on the ground and forced them out.
Mechanics and engineers lowered and dismantled the crane, which had hit a 25-story building near Wall Street on Saturday evening. Inspectors were on the scene to determine what caused the crane to tilt and smack the lower Manhattan building, Department of Buildings spokesman Tony Sclafani said.
The crane had been brought to the area on Saturday to lift mechanical equipment to the roof of the building, Sclafani said. A representative of the company that owns the crane, Bay Crane, declined to comment when contacted by The Associated Press.
No injuries were reported Saturday after the crane hit a ledge near the top of the mixed-use building on Maiden Lane, three blocks from Wall Street, the Fire Department of New York said. Part of the building's facade broke off and fell into the street, police Lt. John Grimpel said.
Maiden Lane runs east to west, parallel to Wall Street, from near the South Street Seaport to lower Broadway near the World Trade Center site.
The crane was in a plaza about half a block from the struck building. The base of the crane was on the other side of the street from the building, and the crane was leaning diagonally across the street onto the building.
A neighboring building's porter, Jose Hernandez, said he heard a crashing sound around 7 p.m. Saturday.
"When the crane fell, it went 'Boom!' and rocks fell," he said.
Area resident Michael Britto said he was leaving his building with a friend Saturday night when police told them to get out of the area because the crane was falling.
"The crane was swaying," he said.
New York has been blighted by crane accidents the last few years. On Tuesday, the city's former chief crane inspector admitted taking more than $10,000 in payoffs to fake inspection and crane operator licensing exam results over nearly a decade.
The inspector, James Delayo, was arrested days after the second of two huge cranes collapsed, killing nine people, in 2008. The charges against him weren't tied to the collapses, but authorities portrayed the case as one in a series to go after builders and inspectors accused of shortchanging safety for profit.
The Department of Buildings has said that it has increased training requirements for crane operators and inspectors and taken other safety steps since the collapses.
Associated Press photographer Seth Wenig contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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liebherr1160
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This isnt the first time something of this nature has happened..
Its happened to a few major firm's over the years ..A guy cannot walk away from one of these machines while its luffed up ..simply cant ..they will bleed down ..outriggers can settle out ,so can the ground
Bay Crane ought to have their whole operation suspended for a month in tandem with the operator ....Theres no way an operator walks away from a machine like that without management knowing ..and I dont buy the "Im just a dumb office guy routine"
Its happened to a few major firm's over the years ..A guy cannot walk away from one of these machines while its luffed up ..simply cant ..they will bleed down ..outriggers can settle out ,so can the ground
Bay Crane ought to have their whole operation suspended for a month in tandem with the operator ....Theres no way an operator walks away from a machine like that without management knowing ..and I dont buy the "Im just a dumb office guy routine"
liebherr1160
Senior Member
The luffing jib ..when its up and in working position its refferd to as erected or luffed up ..
Theres a proper procedure for dogging this thing out at the end of the day ..it often require's retracted main boom ,highest avaliable boom angle elevation for that configuration ..and the luffing tip set to the ground ..
kenny285
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Bay Crane just rents out the equipment. SkyLift was in charge of the operation.
Buckethead
Senior Member
Every major news organization from around the world in TV, radio, and newspapers has reporters in New York City. Anything they find remotely interesting is publicized around the world. Worse accidents happen every day, just look on craneaccidents.com. If this had happened in some remote powerplant site we never would have heard about it.
liebherr1160
Senior Member
Really..Didnt know that ..
Your saying Skylift rented the crane and supplied their own operator..a bare rent deal..
liebherr1160
Senior Member
Unfortunatly ..since 9/11 and a few other headliners .. drop a ball point pen on the subway and your on the news ..
New York is a focal point of the world in general ..
And I absolutly agree, had it been some where else ..they would have inserted a CornFlakes commercial instead ..