Crane-Related Fatalities Soar Nationwide

摘要

Two crane accidents in Dallas, Texas in June killed one worker and injured three others. Texas, which does not require crane personnel to be certified, led the country in crane-related worker fatalities in 2005-06, with a combined 26 deaths out of 157, reports the U.S. Department of Labor. Texas has already recorded five crane-related deaths in 2008. In New York, workers lost control of a six-ton bracing collar at the r.8th floor of a 205-ft-tall tower crane on March 15, resulting in seven deaths and 24 people being injured, several critically. The tower was being erected when it tilted away from the structure under construction, slammed into the I5th-story parapet of a building across the street and sent crane components crashing through smaller buildings on the next street. Preliminary findings point to a failure of temporary nylon webbing supports.