Crane Overturns at Chonburi Construction Site, Injuring Driver

[webfact]

Chonburi — A construction accident occurred at the Chonburi Provincial Administration Organization on Monday, with a crane weighing over 80 tons overturning and crushing a pickup truck.

The incident happened at the site of a five-story office building project within the Chonburi Provincial Administration Organization on February 12th, 2024.

 

Initial reports indicated that the crane arm struck a fence before toppling onto a pickup truck parked nearby. The owner of the truck is still unidentified.

 

By Aim Tanakorn

PHOTO: TMN Cable TV Pattaya

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-02-13

 

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[quake]

Safety first. Not

 

[Pique Dard]

"Crane Overturns at Chonburi Construction Site, Injuring Driver"

 

....is the truck owner and the truck driver the  same person?

[Geoffggi]

I suppose they had the regulatory "Lift Plan" in place for heavy lift ??? ,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

[ChrisY1]

Ok....cranes are still falling over...it has been quiet lately!

[mikebell]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The owner of the truck is still unidentified.

Why? Was he in the truck when the 80 ton crane fell on it?

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

I suppose they had the regulatory "Lift Plan" in place for heavy lift ??? ,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

I'm sure the risk analysis was done, discussed, amended and passed before the lift commenced.

[brianthainess]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

a crane weighing over 80 tons overturning and crushing a pickup truck.

I doubt that very much, maybe it was an 80 ton lift crane, an 80 ton weighing crane would be completely illegal on any road most weigh 40 tons.

[Srikcir]

What do you call a crane standing on one leg? Roosting.

[brianthainess]

I wish these reporters would check their facts, the Max weight of any vehicle in Thailand is 50.5 tons, and with that wheel configuration is only 30 tons gross weight with a rear axle weight of 20tons, so we are supposed to believe it was 2.6 times overweight.  Aim is interested at story telling maybe, but crap as a reporter. The 30 tons was a bit surprising as in WA Australia it is 40 tons but then it must be a certain width becoz of the height.