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Mornings with Simi

English - February 23, 2024 16:43 - 6 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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A tower crane dropped its load onto a building under construction in Oakridge, resulting in one fatality. The person who died was on the ground level when struck by the falling load. Is there something wrong with our cranes? Our safety practices? Is this just a bout of bad luck, or is this normal?
Guest: Lawrence Shapiro, Principal of Howard I. Shapiro & Associates Consulting Engineers and Author of “Cranes and Derricks”
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A tower crane dropped its load onto a building under construction in Oakridge, resulting in one fatality. The person who died was on the ground level when struck by the falling load. Is there something wrong with our cranes? Our safety practices? Is this just a bout of bad luck, or is this normal?

Guest: Lawrence Shapiro, Principal of Howard I. Shapiro & Associates Consulting Engineers and Author of “Cranes and Derricks”

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