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what is with the rash of crane accidents this year?

have you noticed that there has been an exceptionaly high volume of cranes falling over in the U.S.A. this year? 2 cranes went down this week, one in Texas killing a man. seems like there has alot of this lately, what the hell is going on with the cranes? ever night i turn on the news its like a deadly crane accident took place today . thanks.

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My brother is a crane driver, and its scary when you hear about these accidents. Last week a man was killed in a quarry when the crane he was in touched an electric wire
Accident Reports Received for year 2007: 347 Deaths for 2007: 176 Accident Reports Received for year 2006: 314 Deaths for 2006: 109 Accident Reports Received for year 2005: 231 Deaths for 2005: 127 Accident Reports Received for year 2004: 287 Deaths for 2004: 142 Accident Reports Received for year 2003: 269 Deaths for 2003: 138 Accident Reports Received for year 2002: 171 Deaths for 2002: 96 Accident Reports Received for year 2001: 161 Deaths for 2001: 107 Accident Reports Received for year 2000: 184 Deaths for 2000: 74 (It gets really scary when you look at the increase of deaths in just a few short years.)

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