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That looks nasty! Was the operator okay as it looks like the boom was awfully close to the cab.
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Luckily no-one was hurt in the accident. It said that the wind speed was increasing extremely fast and that's probably how it happened. What you see in the pictures is actually the jib, and a part of the telescopic boom that smashed the cab  . Also the windmill propeller was falling down and crashed to a complete mess... http://www.tvr-news.de/detail2.asp?tpk=3705
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As long as nobody was hurt, then no problem. But, it sure didn't take long for one of those to fall over. Cranes...sheesh.....lol.
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Which company did the crane belong to?
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It´s the KVN crane. And sorry to say,but the crane driver is in hospital. He jumped out of the cab and was hit by a falling part. Jan
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janh wrote:It´s the KVN crane. And sorry to say,but the crane driver is in hospital. He jumped out of the cab and was hit by a falling part. Jan I read in the article that no-one was hurt  But ok, hope he will come out of the hospital soon!
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Greasemonkey wrote:As long as nobody was hurt, then no problem. But, it sure didn't take long for one of those to fall over. Cranes...sheesh.....lol.
Brian I don't see a crane tipped over on the side  ....looks like the boom was pulled out by the big sail...Main Crane is still sitting there... That Boom part looks like came very close to doing a real number on the cab. I was unable to view the photo larger.... Time to fire the weather forecaster...
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That'll wake a guy up in the morning ... No harm no foul ..carry on
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you wouldn't have seen a Sany snap like that 
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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thats horrible man! tough break for KVN
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wow!! the operator is really lucky he didnt get killed, never good to see a crane accident
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bluebarn wrote:I don't see a crane tipped over on the side ....looks like the boom was pulled out by the big sail...Main Crane is still sitting there... Never said the crane tipped over on it's side, now did I? Brian
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In the pics above it looks to me from what can be seen that the cab did take some major damage.
In the photo where the guy's head is (all too conveniently perhaps?) in the way, you can see the railing and if I'm not mistaken, the cab ceiling usually is higher than that, but doesn't appear to be so in that pic.
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Still lots of room .. I saw a 900E cab that was 10 inches thick and the guy had the upper works glass in his shorts .....Way to close ... That dent just makes a guy want a beer..or two ..possibly the box ...  
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The cab WAS smashed by the boom part. Lucky driver who could get out before it hit the cab!
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by the looks of it the cab door is shut,and the angle the cab is tilted back and the door couldn't shut on its own????
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"?
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The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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too me it looks like there must have been a weakness in the metal in the boom! I mean metal doesnt just rip like that now does it?
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JoeS1989 wrote:too me it looks like there must have been a weakness in the metal in the boom! I mean metal doesnt just rip like that now does it? it would if you put enough stress on the boom, more than it could handle
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Yeh but surely that would cause the metal around the tear to bend but looking at the pictures again it looks like a fracture, almost like a compound fracture in a bone!
Im not a crane guy at all but something just doesnt seem right to me!
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