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Thread: 250t Liebherr Crane Accident.

  1. 22nd October 2008, 01:29 PM #1
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    250t Liebherr Crane Accident.

    Got this in an email from a company I do work for -
    I always find this kind of thing interesting.


    Incident: Friday Morning 26/09/08 – Castle Hill/Sydney

    - 9 Day Old 250t Leibherr Crane (never used before)
    - $4mill price tag
    - Failure of back propping beneath the 200mm thick concrete deck
    - Crane support outrigger punches through slab causing crane to lose balance and collapse across the site and onto adjoining property
    - Crane balanced in the air for approx 1 hour before entire rig & boom collapse completely across site and rigs falls through to the basement level.

    Amazing that no-one was seriously injured or killed.










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  2. 22nd October 2008, 01:51 PM #2
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    I wonder where they will park the second crane when it comes time to lift the first crane out.....
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  3. 22nd October 2008, 02:04 PM #3
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    Thats amazing, im surprised that they set up on only 200mm thick concrete.

    Years ago I did a little work with a boom concrete pump and they werent allowed to set up on anything that was known to have anything underneith be it a basement, car park or pipe work etc but things have probably changed since then and I dont know if it was law or just a rule they went by.
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  4. 22nd October 2008, 02:07 PM #4
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    That would have been an exciting day at work....imagine calling the boss up and telling them that a brand new crane was about to fall thru the fall
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  5. 22nd October 2008, 02:11 PM #5
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    "Err, boss. We have a little problem"
    "You didnt scratch the new crane, did you?"

    "Well, it might need a bit of a cut & polish"
    "What the @#%$ happened?"

    "Well, its like this......."

    (Insert sound of fainting boss here)

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  6. 22nd October 2008, 02:13 PM #6
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    There was a big long thread about this on OL a few weeks ago.

    Apparently the (brand new) crane has been (or is being) cut up and sold for scrap!!!

    Crane specs:
    Name:
    LTM1250/1

    Tonnage:
    250

    PDF:
    1250.pdf

    Details:

    RATED CAPACITY
    250 Tonnes at 3m radius
    3.1 Tonnes at 66m radius
    72m Main Boom
    Hook Height to 104m
    All Wheel Steer - 8WD

    OUTRIGGER BASE
    Full: 8.9m x 8.5m
    Half: 8.9 x 5.6m
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  7. 22nd October 2008, 02:19 PM #7
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    Holy bat, cowman!
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  8. 22nd October 2008, 02:21 PM #8
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    They will need to pull that out.......sounds like a job for a Defender
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    Quote Originally Posted by Poida4x4 View Post
    Holy bat, cowman!
    What he said! LMAO!
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