Posted Apr 18, 2006, 12:42 PM
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A crane collapse accident at the site could slow construction for a while during the mandatory safety inspection that will follow:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...l/14365130.htm
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MIAMI
CRANE COLLAPSES, KILLS ONE WORKER
A construction worker plummeted to his death Monday evening from a downtown skyscraper on Biscayne Boulevard, closing streets to rush-hour traffic and well into the night.
The worker had been standing on a concrete crane platform at the Marina Blue condominium, under construction at Northeast Eighth Street and Biscayne Boulevard. The platform broke beneath him around 6:30 p.m., fire-rescue officials said.
A colleague also fell, but was saved by his safety harness. Co-workers coached that man back onto the building and he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
City of Miami Police and Fire-Rescue officials had not determined what might have caused the crane's platform to crack, although winds were strong at sunset.
Biscayne Boulevard, Northeast First and Second avenues, and Northeast Fifth through 10th streets were all closed to traffic Monday night, out of concern that the large yellow crane that runs up the full length of the condo building might collapse
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