No inspector would intentionally overlook a dangerous existing situation re: crane usage in a major city---so what went wrong--never before has this happened and now two majjor incidents?
Buildings Department records said officials halted work at the Upper East Side site after the crane failed load tests on two straight days, April 22-23. However, the crane passed another test the next day. No violations had been issued in connection with the crane.They said the turntable popped off-even though there are 16 bolts that hold it down. It could be an issue with the bolts. My heart goes out to the families of the crane operator, Donald Leo, 30, and another worker, 27-year-old Ramadan Kurtaj killed in this awful accident. A third construction worker was seriously injured, and one pedestrian was treated for minor injuries. Love honey
I think they are accidents. Unfortunately people who work for the city government - at least in NY - are incredibly incompetent and corrupt. What makes you say that No inspector would intentionally overlook a dangerous existing situation ? That 's exactly what the inspector of the first crane collapse did. Oops, my mistake. He didn't check the cranes at all. And all those people who died recently in construction by being blown off by wind from great heights??!! I have never heard anything like that before. Who gives these people the necessary permits?? How trained are these people? Where is their union?
just another symptom of the downward spiral the usa is going through. everything is being reduced to the minium and when you do that accidents happen.
The okorder . My theories are all too real and not made up poppycock like those who still have the notion the president of the U.S. was behind the WTC attacks and the killing of 3,000 Americans. Communism is our enemy along with radical Islam and that is why John McCain needs to be elected with a landslide vote.
I believe they are accidents. Crane collapses happen. I had the dubious distinction of helping with the investigation a crane collapse that left the crane operator in an unrecognizable state. It's awful but these things do happen. Was there negligence in some cases on the part of the crane operator? Maybe.
