Can anyone tell me what the likely repair time on this machine will be or will they just get another barge mounted crane in to replace this one, and if so what is the turn around time for that?
Did this happen during a lift ?? If so the operator should take the blame.... He alone pulls the levers and though it does look like he's not into the wind I'm sure it's choppy and if it's blowing 30+ he could shut the lift down ( Union or non- union)
Rode by site often this rig had at least 200ft of main and would be parked with boom left high like 75 80%,with that angle an height all it would take is microburst wind blowin just right on boom an backover she goes, rigs with lattice should never be shutdowned an left without lowering at least under55,60%,say for reasons had to leave high,you then hookoff main ĺine tight to something fixed an secure an wind cant lift boom,this is were experiance comes in operator an contractor got some here
It would appear that the boom was flipped back over the counter weights so the crane was not free to weather vane at the time of the accident. Expensive short and long term, but no body hurt or killed apparently.
