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Crane collapse

In Łódź, Poland, a Wolff WK-91 crane collapsed during erection because of the operator’s lack of experience. A serious reason to call on professionals.

Published: 30 May 2018

Street closed by police after a crane collapse in Łódź — Photo source: Lodz Post

Last year a crane accident in Poland sadly caused one death and significant damage, including the destruction of the crane.

Aerial view of the crane that collapsed onto a building and parked cars

The incident happened in Łódź while the crane was being erected (by the conventional method), when the crane collapsed because of the operator’s lack of experience. The operator was thrown from the cab onto the road and died in hospital from his injuries.

The Wolff WK-91 crane fell onto a nearby building and onto several cars parked around the site. Fortunately there was no traffic on the street, which limited the scale of the accident.

An important detail is that the operator had no experience: it was his first job of this kind.

That is one more serious reason to call on professionals for crane erection and dismantling, and to carefully assess and test the staff who will operate such machines.

Crane collapse

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