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Construction Fatalities Lead to Indictment to Owner of Crane Company
Posted on October 19, 2011 by Ronald Todd
Owner of Crane Company Criminally Charged for Ignoring Construction Site Hazards
The owner of the New York Crane Equipment Corporation was indicted on manslaughter charges in connection to a construction accident in 2008. Two construction workers were killed when a crane falls from height. The crane became a construction site hazard after it had been struck by lightning. The owner of the crane obtained bids to fix the crane. An Ohio company agreed to fix the crane for $120,127. A Shanghai based company proposed to do the job for only $20,000. The prosecutor alleged that the construction fatalities would have been prevented if the crane had been properly repaired.
This is not the only construction fatalities resulting from a crane owned by the New York Crane Equipment Corporation. Two months after the fatal collapse resulting in the indictment, another crane failed causing the wrongful death of seven people.
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