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Looked like the line holding the beam jerked, like the crane's brake slipped a hair.
Letting go James Lloyd Davis 2011
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His attorneys pointed to other factors, including the crane's design, which didn't anchor it to the ground in the usual way, and bad welding in the tethering beams.
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Cranes are notably shy and elusive, but we studied the diagrams showing the crane's profile in flight, long neck outstretched, and set out hopefully for the area of the Somerset Levels where most recent sightings have been recorded.
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The accident claimed the lives of 30-year-old Donald Leo , the crane's operator, and Ramadan Kurtaj, a 27-year-old construction employee who was working at ground level.
Crane Collapse Charges Upheld Chris Herring 2011
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Rapetti used half as many straps as the manufacturer called for, didn't pad them to keep them from fraying against the crane's metal edges and used a visibly worn sling that ultimately broke, overloading the remaining straps, the officials said.
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His attorneys pointed to other factors, including the crane's design, which didn't anchor it to the ground in the usual way, and bad welding in the tethering beams.
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Heavy doses of nitrogen fertiliser will tip the competitive balance in favour of grasses, and soon purple wood crane's bill, blood-red greater burnet, frothy white pignut and meadowsweet, yellow lady's bedstraw, globe flower and blue speedwells will vanish, leaving an "improved" pasture – more productive, more profitable, but oh-so dull.
Make hay meadow photos while the sun shines | Phil Gates 2011
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Rapetti used half as many straps as the manufacturer called for, didn't pad them to keep them from fraying against the crane's metal edges and used a visibly worn sling that ultimately broke, overloading the remaining straps, the officials said.
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Investigators blamed the collapse on a crack in the crane's turntable, a mechanism that allows the machinery to swivel.
Crane Collapse Charges Upheld Chris Herring 2011
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The man on the ground who secured that last stone in the crane's sling and sent it heavenward was Peter Cleland, the cathedral's master stonemason.
A Local Life: Peter 'Billy' Cleland, 88; master stonemason 2010
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