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A telescopic crawler crane overturned yesterday in Kirkland, near Seattle, Washington, trapping the operator in his cab.
It took emergency services around an hour to rescue the operator from his cab
The crane, a 40 tonne Link Belt TCC-450 owned by foundation drilling contractor Kulchin, was working alongside a foundation excavation, when it lost stability and tipped into the excavation severely damaging the boom. The crane operator was trapped in his cab, with the emergency services taking around an hour to extract him. The crane appears to have its tracks in their extended position and full counterweight in place.
The crane tipped into the foundationHe was taken to hospital with a number of injuries, but was said to be in a stable condition. As far as we know no one else was injured or hurt in the incident. Two large wreckers were called in to try and stabilise and then upend the stricken crane.
A closer look at the undercarriage - Photo- City of Kirkland
State health and safety services are investigating the incident.
