22.10.2014

Self-erector collapse

A self-erecting tower crane collapsed in Holzwickede near Dortmund in Germany yesterday it was being dismantled on a small building site.
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The recovery team prepare to 'drag' the damaged crane into radius

We do not know the precise details, but have been told that as the tower folded something broke or gave way causing it to come down far faster than planned. One man, 38, fell from a height of seven metres, we do not know if he had climbed the crane to free something or was on the scaffold around the building at the time. His colleague, 28, was hit as the tower and job came down. At least one of them was injured seriously enough to be airlifted to a specialist hospital.
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The top of the tower destroyed a fence panels and pierced the block surface as it fell