The fatal collapse of a prototype crane at a testing site has resulted in OSHA citations against a subsidiary of Milwaukee-based crane manufacturer The Manitowoc Co., the agency announced Aug. 6.
Three workers died Feb. 2 while trying to escape from the Shady Grove, Pa., test site as the mobile crane’s 276-foot-long lattice boom and jib fell in winds reaching 40 mph, according to the Occupational and Safety Health Administration.
OSHA cited Manitowoc’s Grove U.S. LLC for failing to adequately protect workers from known test hazards, such as having a control center within the crane’s ...
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