Construction Safety – Big Blue, construction crane disaster
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January 20, 2000: Video of the Big Blue crane accident that happened in the Brewer’s Ball Park Stadium on July 14, 1999 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Three men lost their lives in the accident. The world’s largest mobile crane comes crashing down during a new stadium construction. crane was operating under bad wind conditions, the sub-contractor was roushed to finish the project before certain date, he told the general contractor that was difficult to finish with those strong winds, so they hired another sub to finished it because the other sub refused to continue under those conditions.
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Why is he taking video? So he knows what going to happen? Is it scripted?
The "Kingpin and GEARS " were grinding and FAILED inside "crane gearbox" ,,thus Lampson failed..
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WAS resultant…for Milwaukee..
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UNDERPOWERED…
not large ENOUGH..
and ,ENGINEERING company
DID NOT perform proper
"force and LOAD CALculations" before purchasing the "crane" …
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For all of you who are misinformed, let me clarify; this video is for the sake of safety. I've watched this video numerous times. I suggest doing a little bit of research before speaking on the manner. I am a CERTIFIED crane operator, out of Local 3. Been for 17 yrs. now. The 3 men who died were iron workers, not flaggers, not inspectors, iron workers. The reason they were in the basket is because they were on standby to "pin" the panel. These cranes, no matter how big or small, have numerous systems that will tell if conditions are operable or not. However, all load charts, pick weight, wind speed etc. must be approved PRIOR to every pick. Every single one. Mitsubishi Corp. blatantly ignored wind speeds of +20 mph and proceeded with the pick because they were behind schedule. This act was pure ignorance, everyone, including the the iron workers, expressed concern about the pick. In the end, Mitsubishi Corp. and Lampson (the crane manufacturer) were to blame.
The crane itself was only rated to work in wind speeds of 20mph max, not including a load. This was pure neglect because they were behind schedule and 3 people were killed.
I've watched it before, but watching back is scary, it was so tall
This is a old video
Stupid superior person now 3 men dead. 701
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OMG such a sad tragic accident RIP for the 3 workers in the basket and the guy that was in charge of the other crane that did nothing the one crane had fell and killer 4 people R.I.P
Those three bangs were the flanges that hold the boom upright to the pivot giving way. I was 4 at the time, so I can't remember where we were going, but I vividly remember driving by a few weeks before this happened. Big Blue was the biggest thing I had ever seen in my life.
rip to the workers man dat was a bad accident!
The tearing sound and shear scene of this huge crane falling down is incredibly jarring to witness.
Job Steward was along for the ride . The basket he was in was for flagging and observation. He had no reason to be in it!
its an interesting story. three other operators came to the site and refused to work that day because the crane is rated to handle no more than twenty mile an hour winds. the gust that blew the crane down was 18 miles an hour. the fourth operator immediately jumped out of the crane and went to the local bar across the street. They found him in there three sheets to the wind. Some theories are that he ran over so they couldnt prove he'd had a few before the accident.. Either way its tragic..
They are. This was just twenty times the expected stress.
holy-sheeeeiit-mothafucka
Holy freaking sh*t this is scary
The guy video taping was an osha saftey inspector..
So sad. I think things like cranes and nuclear power plants should be built to ten times their rated capacity.
What the fuck does he know about guy's doing real work? Forget about the narrator.
Wrong sir. Those deaths, while tragic, were a result of the sub-contractor making a decission to opperate the crane in higher that recomended wind speeds to make a deadline. NOT because of the sport of baseball or its governing body.
YUP THATS THEU TRUTH I WORKED ON THIS PROJECT AND SAW IT CRASH ALSO FROMA DIFFERENT STANDPOINT.
Talibans have done that we must bomb Afghanistan, iraq and Pakistan
The narrator could whatever the Fxck he wants. This is AMERICA!! REMEMBER?!?
horrifying video. My dad worked on Safeco Field (local 86) and thank Christ the contractor actually understood safety > scheduling.