UPDATE: I spoke with a representative with the Sioux Steel District. They told me that the OSHA agreement was in place before the crane collapse and that Lloyd companies tries to set up these agreements with OSHA on large sites. The collapse was found to be the fault of the contractor and an individual who works for them (who didn’t properly secure a weight on the crane). He was promptly removed and banned from the work site. This rep also told me that the whole crane ALMOST ended up in the river. He said, “If the building would not have caught it, we would have had a 30 ton crane to dig out of the river.”
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I have been looking for this ever since the collapse happened in 2022. Not sure why the penalty amounts are $0, and there seems to be some kind of settlement.
When the collapse happened, an engineer friend of mine said,
“Bet you they have not been doing inspections, because if you inspect the crane properly, these things don’t happen.”
Sure enough, sloppy safety checks. The company is lucky no one died.
I also find it ironic that the developer teamed up with OSHA to make this a partnership with the project for worker safety. Probably won’t be getting that partnership again anytime soon.
I don’t know why, but right now I’m having flashbacks to a once load-bearing wall.
AND, why the partnership in ’23 after the incident happened in ’22?
If you accidentally fired off a gun, but then a year later were asked to be a part of a gun safety program, wouldn’t that be like having one of your cranes collapse, but then a year later you become a part of a partnership agreement? #DontDoWhatIDid #ScaredStraight
I see Trump picked a guy with a beard…. Boy, he’s really going for the January 6th look, isn’t he?
“Yep, when I first saw that beard i said to myself…. Cruz?….. Don Jr.,…?”….
But the agreement has a ’23 date and the incident happened in ’22…. (?)
getting rid of osha is part of project 2025. no liability on the part of the employer will make america great again. if you aren’t willing to die on the job, quit.
“Say, will Project 2025 finally mean our toilets will work and maybe a Hooter’s in Taupeville?”……