Looks like a lot of folks on FR called it.
Better to get chewed out for missing a deadline than to kills folks.
The fines look light but plaintiff lawyers will make up for it.
And this is why I generally avoid crowds and cities. There are just too many stupid people in this world.
JoMa
Were the two guys who got killed the same two who pulled the pins?
I was outside about 5 miles east of where the collapse took place.
The wind was blowing pretty hard that day - at least a 15 mph steady wind.
Those gusts literally came out of the blue.
No clouds anywhere. Then, suddenly, gusts that almost knocked you off your feet.
Yes, there are going to be a lot of civil suits. Horrible and preventable incident. As someone who has been in the construction industry for almost 20 years, there is no excuse. Never cut corners. I don’t care about “stuff”, I care about people going home at the end of their shifts.
They wirte this alleging that the short cuts cited are “common place.” Having worked for big construction companies that use such cranes, I can say that such a safety failure is not at all common place with the companies I was around.
What ever happened with the train that crashed in Washington? Speaking of holding people accountable I didn’t hear much about what caused that.