CATEGORIES

Share on:

Near miss as crane drops

WRITTEN BY

A man walking down a street had a near miss when a falling crane boom/tower missed him by millimetres in a Russian video.

The incident was caught on camera by the dashcam of a passing bus and shows clearly what happened. We do not see what caused the crane to over or even get a decent look at what type it is, although it clearly looks like an old Soviet era tower crane – possibly rail mounted?
As we also do not know when or where exactly it occurred we cannot investigate further.  As you watch the video, keep an eye on the sidewalk/pavement on the right and in particular the man in the red shirt.

The view from the bus

Near Miss

Author; Unknown

Source:

http://www.vertikal.net/en/news/story/20458/

 

RELATED blogs

Tower Crane Binder Expectations and Site Binder Templates

  A ­cr­an­e ­bi­nd­er­ i­s ­a ­st­ru­ct­ur­ed­ c­ol­le­ct­io­n ­of­ a­ll­ s­af­et­y,­ o­pe­ra­ti­on­al­, ­an­d ­co­mp­li­an­ce­ d­oc­um­en­ts­ r­el­at­ed­ t­o ­a ­sp­ec­if­ic­ t­ow­er­

Safe Work Practices and SWP checklists (tower/self-erecting cranes)

Sa­fe Wo­rk Pr­ac­ti­ce­s, or SW­Ps, de­sc­ri­be th­e ag­ree­d up­on st­ep­s cr­ew­s fo­ll­ow wh­en th­ey op­er­at­e, in­sp­ec­t, or ma­in­ta­in a to­we­r

Crane Attachments: A Guide to Improving Lift Material Handling

Cr­an­e a­tt­ac­hm­en­ts p­la­y a­ k­ey r­ol­e i­n i­mp­ro­vi­ng h­ow m­at­er­ia­ls a­re h­an­dle­d o­n c­on­st­ru­ct­io­n s­it­es a­nd i­nd­us­tr­ia­l p­ro­je­ct­s. T­he r­ig­ht