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New Zealand Crane Topples In Apparent Bearing Capacity Failure

January 9, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A crane setting girders for a bridge in New Zealand toppled over as the temporary embankment it was sitting on gave way. [Source: The Landslide Blog. Image: Vertical.net]

The Fairbanks Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is closing the Chena River from the Cushman Street Bridge to the Peger Road Bridge after a crane working on construction of the Barnette Street Bridge fell across the river in downtown Fairban

Crane topples over Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska while driving piles for new bridge

July 1, 2010 rockman Comments Off

A crane using a pile driver to install new foundations for the Barnette Street Bridge project. A DOT (City of Fairbanks?) spokesman speculated that the crane overextended itself while installing piles about 40-ft away. The […]

Crane topples over embankment after retaining wall fails

August 15, 2008 rockman 2

According to Silicon Valley’s MercuryNews.com, a [very lucky] worker suffered minor injuries when the crane he was opperating toppled down an embankment. The accident apparently occured on a CALTRANS project as the crane was lifting a 10,000-lb pile when a "wood retaining wall" gave way. It sounds like they were constructing a soldier pile lagging wall with steel h-pile soldiers and wood lagging. (Photo by Donna Jones/Sentinel)

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