02.03.2016

Crane collapse on bridge job

The boom of a ringer crane collapsed on February 19th while removing temporary supports from a bridge on the Ohio River between Louisville Kentucky and Jeffersonville Indiana.

The crane was working on the East End bridge of the Ohio River Bridges Project and positioned on a barge, no one was injured in the incident, but one person who was on the barge jumped into the river to avoid falling debris.
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A view of the scene after the boom came down

A spokesman for the project contractor WVB East End Partners said: “The collapse may have been wind related, but it is too soon to say what caused the collapse”.