A spate of fatal crane accidents in Texas has cast a spotlight onto the Lone Star State’s relatively hands-off approach to overseeing the safety of the big machines.
OSHA is still investigating a crane collapse in Dallas on June 9 that killed one person and injured five others when a tower crane crashed into an apartment building. Winds of up to 71 mph were reported at the time, well within the 95-mph limit that the manufacturer of the Terex Peneir SK415 lists as the maximum wind speed the crane can withstand.