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Seattle Crane Collapse | IRONWORKERS REMOVED THE PINS?!
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AP Article:
SEATTLE — Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others in Seattle over the weekend, experts said Monday.
Based on videos of the collapse, they said it appears workers who were disassembling the construction crane had prematurely removed pins securing the sections of the crane’s mast to each other, and that could explain why the crane toppled in relatively minor wind gusts.
“The reason this tower fell over is ironworkers and the people working on it did not follow the manufacturer’s instructions for disassembling the crane,” said South Carolina crane accident investigator Tom Barth. “If the pins had been in, that crane would not have fallen over.”…….
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/04/workers-appeared-to-prematurely-remove-pins-likely-causing-fatal-crane-collapse-in-seattle-experts-say.html