| Lampson International Crane Arrived at Black Thunder Coal Mine in April 2008 |
Cranes seem to be "collapsing like flies" lately
So, in dubious honor of these events ....
I have decided they have "earned" their own Page
This first page is dedicated to the World's Largest Capacity Crane which nevertheless, still managed to collapse.
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Data is as Follows:
Date: 31 May 2008
Time: 12:20 PM
Longitude: 105º W 20' 34"
Latitude: 43º N 56' 30"
Three people injured, 2 critically.
The Crane was moving a 260 foot, 500,000 pound section of tubing over a triple-track railroad line when it "just collapsed" leaving a 70 foot section of the tubing blocking the train tracks as well as a connection off the main line that services both the Black Thunder Coal Mine and the Jacob Ranch Mine.
The tubing was intending to enclose a large conveyor over the railroad which would reach over Hilight Road to the top of the new coal silos for Black Thunder Mine.
The new construction site is located 7 miles from the Black Thunder Coal Mine's headquarters whose coordinates are given above.
The coordinates for Hilight Road near the Mine and near Wright, Wyoming are:
105º W 21' 55" / 43º N 50' 17"
One of the injured was taken to Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming; two others were taken to Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette.
The accident occurred nearer to Wright, Wyoming.
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