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A telescopic crawler crane tipped over rearwards yesterday at a site in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The crane, a 100 tonne LTR1100 owned by Hawks Hire, was working on the St James Shopping centre and hotel redevelopment when it seems the operator had the tracks fully retracted, over the side with full 32 tonnes of superstructure counterweight in place, and then either raised the fully retracted boom to the point where the crane became back heavy and tipped or slewed into that position?
The crane does not have a 360 degree chart with the 3.5 metre track width. Fortunately the crane was close to the building and the boom came to rest against the structure. No one was hurt – apart from the operators pride perhaps – and the damage looks to be minimal.
A photo taken shortly after the incident occurred.
We have no information on whether the crane operator was employed by the contractor or the crane owner. And assume that it was in set up mode or a wider track width was programmed into the crane management system.
