I was thinking, “because they’re tippy,” but yours is better.
Ninety crane-related deaths a year, in a population of nearly 319 million, does not put crane deaths among our top health risks. Although I have to admit that I’ve seen sites in Chicago where I really thought they should have shut a block down rather than let people walk and drive so close to a work area when there are gusty winds going.
I think part of the problem is that people have too much confidence that something bad won’t happen when there’s construction overhead. I wonder what percentage of these deaths are people who had the option of avoiding the situation, and choose not to.
There is a reason walking under a ladder is bad luck: Stuff can fall on you.
Multiply stuff by a couple thousand pounds, and add 20-30 stories to it, and it really becomes bad luck to walk under.