There are 3 men in a man basket on the crane in the back ground...it looks like the pendant (of big blue) just hit the jib(of crane in the background) caused there horrible accident......RIP brother Ironworkers
This was shown to us in a rigging update class after it happened.I might be wrong,but we were told that it was filmed by some OSHA reps who had been called out to the site because management insisted on flying,even in high winds.They had just got out there.To the left there were three Ironworkers in a man basket when this was filmed.Every time,before I do a lift or rig,I think of these 3 guys,and others I've know who didn't make it.In the blink of an eye,it happens so fast,be safe brothers.RIP
Wow! everytime i watch it, i can feel my jaw drop! If I was a drinker I'd be tippin a bottle over for those 3 men who lost their live in the line of duty. Everyone thinks the cops put their lives at risk every second, but Men doing construction and oilfield literally are at higher risks more hours of their shift then any cop out there.
genius, pure genius. 500 safety meetings down the drain. Lets have safety meetings and a safety program and then lets ignore everything, including 26mph winds.
I heard the intended crane operator refused to operate the crane due to the wind load. Another person for the company got in the crane and went ahead with the lift anyway. The winds caused a side load on the boom, and then the pins snapped and it was all over. This story was too bad.
if i remember correctly when i took a crane cert. class the wind picked up at the last second and thats what pushed the crane over and one of the men that died was a inspectror that wasn't supposed to be in a basket on the other side of the wall that you could not see in this video RIP
can I ask a question and I mean this with no disrespect, I have a race truck that I have raced for 6 years now with the name big blue, when I started racing I did not know of this craine accident, and only took the name big blue becouse my truck was big and blue. can I ask is this name of my race truck wrong? I do not mean any disrespect, after hearing about this I feel bad about the name.
yes iv worked constuction been in man cages and worked at hights many times sometimes u just have to trust the gear and your buddies your working with once i went up in a man cage at 7.am in the morning at 11 oclock that day the crane droped a 9 tonn precast concrete pannel..
That's not the cables slipping over the drums its the breaks, the operator must control the drop and when wind is added to a lift as this was it increase the stress and strain on the entire lift tenfold, swaying is what actually began it all as the wind speed was way above the safe factor, to lift this high with that amount of weight was a disaster waiting to happeas n. The 3 men in basket on other crane were filming this for corporate history it was one of the largest lifts attempted.
i remember this and to all the people who say this is awesome or action filled, your wrong cuz people died. accident. did the doctors tell your mothers there was great action when you were born? that was an accident too.
i barely remember this cuz i was only 3 at the time. but i remember my dad got called into work for a while cuz the crane hit some kinda sewer thing or something and my dad worked for MMSD at the time. R.I.P to the 3 men who were killed
I watched this happen. I was on my way home from work and stopped at the stadium to see the lift. I watched this as these men lost their lives. Mitsu America was the engineers. The Big Blue guys should've put their collective foot down and said no to the lift. The wind was over 15mph that day. The settlement was rediculous. I can't believe that these men had to die. There was negience on Mitsu America's part. Bad memories. I quit High Steel that day.
What I heard happened was that it was too windy that day for the crane to function properly. The man who operates the crane told his superior, "no, I'm not going to operate the crane today because of the wind." So he left and the superior had either himself or another do it. I think an insurence man was operating the camera. Anyway, it created a comotion about safety versus dollar issue.
The screeching sound you hear is the thick cables slipping againt the drum...the booms are either or both welds breaking and or the structure of the crane imploding or collapsing..at :52 the crane operator runs for his life..at 1:00 the collapsing crane impacts the man-basket where the 3 men were in.. RIP
I remember where I was. I was with my best friend and girlfriend at Olympic Lanes on 27th street. It was my birthday and I just remember watching the news and being like "Oh...SHIT!"
the squeal is the brakes coming off, the pop is the center of rotation, king pin breaking. it was a 440 ton lift, the winds sideloaded the crane. the wind was blowing 30 mph, the lift had a max wind of 10 mph.
Why the hell are those men who died heroes?? They were poor souls in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nothing heroic about that. You need to get off the idea that every person who dies is a hero. They did not jump to rescue someone and give their life doing it... Sheesh. Grow up.
This was a horrible day for Milwaukee. Miller Park is a Gem, and is one of the Greats in MLB. Milwaukee is a city that prides itself on the Brewers and the rich tradition it brings. When this disaster happened, it touched the whole community. God Bless the workers and their families who sacrificed the ultimate for us to spend a Sunday watching the greatest game in the world......Baseball.
I live in Milwaukee and actually at the time, lived like ten blocks from the stadium... but I remember this day clearly... they confirmed the very same day that it was too windy for the lift. Right in front of the Home plate enterance to the stadium there is a momument for the three iron workers who died during the accident.
i just took a ten hour safety meeting for OSHA and this was mentioned. he didnt have the video so i looked it up here. the original crane operator said it was too windy and wouldnt do it so they found somebody else that claimed to be a crane operator. turns out it was twice as windy than what wind the crane could actually handle
shit, my dad is a crane operator, probably the best in our town, bout 20,000 people live here and he uses a 450-sumo and same thing nealy happened to him and he is only on a barge in a port making wharfs for bhp bilitons ships to come in and load on but lucky he only dropped the 8tonne load in the water!!!
and did you see the man in the mancage in the background getting taken out!!!!
my heart goes out to those riggers who lost thier lives in sutch a simple and devistating accident.
I would like 2 make a correction and appoligize 4 the mistake its mitsubishi heavy industries america and the only reason i put japan is becase i live in n.z and we just finshed building a powerstation using this company my mistake.
Death is such a tragic event and my heart goes out 2 the 3 iron workers who loss their lives but this tragic event could have been prevented as the predominate cause of all crane accidents is human error as accidents hurt accidents cost and accidents kill i would never have sent those iron workers up to bolt the 480 ton roof section in place till the load was with in 300mm-400mm of where it was 2 b connected as it may have taken 10-15 mins to get ready but at least you would not be in the d-zone
Cranes are dynamic machines and people should always use caution when working with or around them and from wot ive seen and know about the accident where mitsubishi heavy industries japan was found 2 b 97% liable 4 the accident as they did not allow 4 the wind and the effects it had on the load being lifted and ir put so much stress on big blue that the cranes structual integrity was put at risk so much so that the king pin snapped in half which is located at the base of the crane to much 4 blue
The lampson transilift 3 or big blue is 1 of the biggest cranes in the world as she weighes in at 2100 tonnes her boom rises 567 ft 2 ft more then babe ruthes furtherest home run of 565ft she has 30 000ft of cable(6miles)it takes 11 diesel engines 2 move her and 3-4 weeks 2 set up on site and could lift anything up 1000 tonnes but on that day because of wind conditions which put lateral stress on the boom with the force of 6 tonnes was 2 much 4 big blue 2 handle and started a chain reaction.
well if you know anytnhing about the accident the three guys in the man basket (the conectors) went up that day to be heros ... the opp. of the rig (big blue) would not set the pice that day the rig was at 98% of it's SWL in 40 mph winds, as he picks the pice it is so big i acts as a sail.. he said no way it's unsafe as did the iron workers.. so they put together a HERO crew and 3 mew lose there lives !!! this is what happens when under qulified people are alowed to run work.
its really sad how no one even knows about this. if this happened at citi field or the new yankee stadium the whole world would know every detail about it
i'm an IBEW member originally from milwaukee now living in NC. it's sad that very few even heard of this tragedy. was working ona job at miller brewing and went past that pick as it was in the air. by the time i got home, it had fallen. the winds were pretty strong. all the crap OSHA "enforces".... how ironic that THEY didn't stop the pick. just so sad and tragic.
Corporate greed propogated this accident. Safety was secondary. The wind was insane that day! There is no way any normal person would have attempted this. You can hear the wind in the microphone at ground level. Image what it was like at 200ft.
my understanding is that the origional operator on this job refused to do the lift because of the wind. Due to that decision he was replaced with another operator that would comply with the wishes of whoever was in charge of this end of the project. How sad is it that someone can be that easily replaced because they fear for the safety of others?? It's true, ultimate responsibility is on the operator and all operators know that.
I'm sorry about your co-workers. We were just talking about this accident at work a week or so ago, I know that accounts of an accident like this are always different from what ya hear ...and even from what's reported in the media. I'm more inclined to believe another union worker than the media or any hand me down stories. Thanks for correcting my understanding.
The operator for Lampson travelled around with that rig, and, was set up nice. Never should have made the pick that day. Victor was the Super who was determined to make picks whenever there was a crowd at the old ballpark (County Stadium)
If you want to know more, PM me - I don't really want to broadcast the ins and outs for the entire public to read.
yikes. my pops was project manager for all drywall and framing inside miller park. he came home early that day to take me to baseball practice. not saying he would have hurt but he would've definitely been there. scary. rip.
well these are all good comments i guess but the operator is ultimately responsibles. the pic never should have been made. it wasnt too large but too much wind hands down. im a crane operator and could never imagine putting my guys life in my hands like this man did. he deserved every bit of his prison sentence. he gives us nccco and nacb operators a bad name. too much responsibly for such an ignorant person
The judge presiding over the civil suit awarded each of the victim's families $13 million - a million for every second it took the crane to fall. We need more judges like that in America!
I remember them building that, I used to go to the old County Stadium, Miller Park is a nice Stadium, I been inside of the Midwest Airline suit 3 times already.
Facts of this are: This vid was shot by an OSHA inspector, the roof structure section being lifted acted as a sail and was pushed by the wind, crane booms are not designed to be "side" loaded which is why this one failed, the screeching is the crane swing brake failing and the bangs were the main turret ball bearings exploding, the man you see running away was the crane operator fleeing for his life, the three men who were killed were all in a man basket suspended from one of the other cranes..
Thanks for the breakdown- been around cranes a little bit and never heard those sickening sounds thank god. Never saw the Operator running until you mentioned it. The cab appears to have survived somewhat intact. What became of the rig on the other side of the stadium? A tandem pick? Those poor men in that basket in the distance.I read about the law suit and the$paid to Ironworkers families. The bastards that sent those men and assembly into that wind should go straight to hell and not pass go.
That idiot running (operator) was a SUCKASS Lampson Company man. Victor (the super-may he die slowly) insisted on doing picks to show off for the County Stadium crowds.
The operator has final say on ALL PICKS! It was too damned windy that day. (at least 35mph ON THE GROUND!)
The operator running the crane that had the Brothers in the basket should get a medal. He did everything he could - AND STAYED IN HIS RIG - to try to save them. His tip disappeared.
Thanks brother. He did run like a little girl didn't he? Was looking at this nightmare in the wake of the tragedy here in New York where we lost 6 union brothers + that poor woman this weekend. Pray for the dead- fight like hell for the living.
Hey Brother - I had some correspondance with another who went to clean that mess up. I hit a knee for those who fell.
Heard that because it was a rebar job - Laborers helped jump the crane. Local 40 does it on structural. Laborers aren't competant to do our work. After the mourning - things need to be made right.
A tragic mistake. The engineers never calculated wind stress. There's always a breeze at 100 feet. The air could have been perfectly still on the ground and this still could have happened.
i usally come to milwaukee to visit my aunt around this time, and i was in milwaukee that day, and she lives on 26th street, a little bit away, but i still remember being outside and hearing that lound crashing noise, i though some one was shooting at me!
Burried in these comments are mention of how the main kingpin failed due to substituting a copper washer for a steel one. There are pics of the massively bent 12" king pin which came out of the track assembly. If you look closely, the last bang before the crane went over produced a puff of smoke that came from underneath the chasis. This was probably the retained popping off the kingpin and hitting the ground. There is a guy standing right at the tracks that then runs away.
Where were the three men that lost their lives positioned? How much time are those two foreman and crane operator doing for this?? That's unfair in my opinion. How much did this tragedy set back the completion of the ball park and what was damaged? How much do those cranes cost??
The three iron workers are in a man basket hanging from the crane in the background. It is hit by the boom of Big Blue as it falls. The booming sounds you hear before Big Blue goes over are the concrete pads under the crane failing due to the crane being overloaded in the 25mph wind.
i dont know if you guys know this...but the foreman and the operator of the crane are in prison for this. the original operator said no to operating the crane bc of the wind...another operator then said he would do it...dumb decision.
Suddenly the crane fell and struck the basket like a baseball bat hits a ball, killing you and your two fellow men.
It took FOURTEEN SECONDS for the three men to fall to their deaths!!!
Next time you are holding a Mitsubishi product in your hands... Please stop and close your eyes and count to fourteen seconds. Know that you will never see your loved ones again, that they will NEVER see YOU again and will spend the REST of their LIVES never to see or hold or talk to you again...
I understood on a tv program i was watching on this, was that the 3 men were working on something completely different then the operation that went wrong. Are you the voice in the video? Or where you at the site? I'm just curious in asking this because you seem quite passionate about this. I'll check back later.
I apologize. My "open letter" was posted in 500 character increments, so my thoughts are scattered all over the page. Try following them chronologically if you can.
I wasn't there. My sister's father, Jerome Starr, was killed in the accident. I was biking across country in the 1999 Twin Cities>Wisconsin>Chicago AIDS Ride & received the news on the 3rd day of a 6-day ride.
What the hell does Mitsubishi have to do with it? This crane went down because they picked a section that was too large at a time when it was too windy!
The engineers from Mitsubishi couldn't speak English. I know - I worked there. My karate instructor taught me a bunch of Japanese phrases so that I could talk to them.
It was Victor - the superintendant who pushed the lift.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was the subcontractor that wad in charge of designing and building the stadium roof. It was a Mits product. Perhaps you should do a little research before assaulting me. Perhaps the Milwaukee Journal Dec. 2000 era.
I lived in Milw. at the time of the accident and knew people that were on sight. I guess I'm pretty sad.
There are 3 men in a man basket on the crane in the back ground...it looks like the pendant (of big blue) just hit the jib(of crane in the background) caused there horrible accident......RIP brother Ironworkers
molleywood 5 months ago
This was shown to us in a rigging update class after it happened.I might be wrong,but we were told that it was filmed by some OSHA reps who had been called out to the site because management insisted on flying,even in high winds.They had just got out there.To the left there were three Ironworkers in a man basket when this was filmed.Every time,before I do a lift or rig,I think of these 3 guys,and others I've know who didn't make it.In the blink of an eye,it happens so fast,be safe brothers.RIP
OakIslandBandit 5 months ago
Big blue was so much cooler than the candy crane.
GQflydude 8 months ago
Wow! everytime i watch it, i can feel my jaw drop! If I was a drinker I'd be tippin a bottle over for those 3 men who lost their live in the line of duty. Everyone thinks the cops put their lives at risk every second, but Men doing construction and oilfield literally are at higher risks more hours of their shift then any cop out there.
RazeSBG 9 months ago
wow, that is bad, that must have been messy :(
1536mbComedy 9 months ago
And by saw it, I mean in person, after it happened that is.
Hildron101010 9 months ago
I saw this, after it happened. It was a mess. RIP those three men.
Hildron101010 9 months ago
Crazy to think this was almost 12 years ago. RIP
CFSouldier 10 months ago
genius, pure genius. 500 safety meetings down the drain. Lets have safety meetings and a safety program and then lets ignore everything, including 26mph winds.
singapore7773 1 year ago
That's terrible!
R.I.P to those three men.
arthurtang28 1 year ago
I heard the intended crane operator refused to operate the crane due to the wind load. Another person for the company got in the crane and went ahead with the lift anyway. The winds caused a side load on the boom, and then the pins snapped and it was all over. This story was too bad.
cck4141983 1 year ago
if i remember correctly when i took a crane cert. class the wind picked up at the last second and thats what pushed the crane over and one of the men that died was a inspectror that wasn't supposed to be in a basket on the other side of the wall that you could not see in this video RIP
MrBillAll 1 year ago
@MrBillAll No they knew about the wind but unfortunately they didn't figure in the wind with the weight from the structure itself properly.
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KateTihq 1 year ago
I didn't know this happened RIP to the people who Lost there lives
CCKOOLKiD 1 year ago
How terrible. RIP to the people who died.
RoseMaddison 1 year ago
If i remember correctly it wasn't the crane that failed it was the earth beneath it that gave way!!
maroguy 1 year ago
can I ask a question and I mean this with no disrespect, I have a race truck that I have raced for 6 years now with the name big blue, when I started racing I did not know of this craine accident, and only took the name big blue becouse my truck was big and blue. can I ask is this name of my race truck wrong? I do not mean any disrespect, after hearing about this I feel bad about the name.
bigbluemik 1 year ago
@bigbluemik You don't have to worry about it i thing more than one object has been called big blue.
mexamexo8 1 year ago
yes iv worked constuction been in man cages and worked at hights many times sometimes u just have to trust the gear and your buddies your working with once i went up in a man cage at 7.am in the morning at 11 oclock that day the crane droped a 9 tonn precast concrete pannel..
MAORIBOY1983 1 year ago
made in china !
wowiliketolongoboard 1 year ago
my father was there on the crane but he is ok now
ixvFatalvxi 1 year ago
wot a horrible sound,,eery,,you just no summats goin to give way
dinoblackgrape 1 year ago
fail crane haz crush on fail building xD
mickietjuh 1 year ago
@mickietjuh you should get a golf club shoved up your ass...
jstemp12 1 year ago 2
That's not the cables slipping over the drums its the breaks, the operator must control the drop and when wind is added to a lift as this was it increase the stress and strain on the entire lift tenfold, swaying is what actually began it all as the wind speed was way above the safe factor, to lift this high with that amount of weight was a disaster waiting to happeas n. The 3 men in basket on other crane were filming this for corporate history it was one of the largest lifts attempted.
woo62909 1 year ago
@woo62909 you dont know..
jstemp12 1 year ago
the first big bang was the primary shear pin on the crane not the hydraulics. this crane didn't have a hydraulic system
bluesmurf777 1 year ago
@bluesmurf777 you don't know... i know i seen the designs i know what broke..
jstemp12 1 year ago
i remember this and to all the people who say this is awesome or action filled, your wrong cuz people died. accident. did the doctors tell your mothers there was great action when you were born? that was an accident too.
thompson8305 1 year ago 2
its me im big blue
alphadude500 1 year ago
@alphadude500 so you are the cause of three deaths... way to go fuck tard..
jstemp12 1 year ago
@jstemp12 dont hate, you can find me on FP studios
alphadude500 1 year ago
@alphadude500 *facepunch studios
alphadude500 1 year ago
holy shit o.O
MforceArts 1 year ago
i remember that day when that happened
TomCallahan1000 1 year ago
OK. Three men died. How does it make this awesome fuck up any less watchable?
jamesandrew2000 1 year ago
we went there on may 14th! for a school trip the best place to b untel i heard that story!!
keke3403 1 year ago
i barely remember this cuz i was only 3 at the time. but i remember my dad got called into work for a while cuz the crane hit some kinda sewer thing or something and my dad worked for MMSD at the time. R.I.P to the 3 men who were killed
volcomfr3ak 1 year ago
I watched this happen. I was on my way home from work and stopped at the stadium to see the lift. I watched this as these men lost their lives. Mitsu America was the engineers. The Big Blue guys should've put their collective foot down and said no to the lift. The wind was over 15mph that day. The settlement was rediculous. I can't believe that these men had to die. There was negience on Mitsu America's part. Bad memories. I quit High Steel that day.
dannyh1977 1 year ago
Can I ask...... Where is the basket? :S
TheKitDawg 1 year ago
Actually the Boom sounds you hear are the hydrolics blowing out. They are what's holding up that steal structure it has elevated above.
SkylarkGSX 1 year ago
@SkylarkGSX wrong... it was the king pin...
jstemp12 1 year ago
What I heard happened was that it was too windy that day for the crane to function properly. The man who operates the crane told his superior, "no, I'm not going to operate the crane today because of the wind." So he left and the superior had either himself or another do it. I think an insurence man was operating the camera. Anyway, it created a comotion about safety versus dollar issue.
SkylarkGSX 1 year ago
@SkylarkGSX lie........ i know the true story...
jstemp12 1 year ago
whoa!
PutrescentSoul 1 year ago
The screeching sound you hear is the thick cables slipping againt the drum...the booms are either or both welds breaking and or the structure of the crane imploding or collapsing..at :52 the crane operator runs for his life..at 1:00 the collapsing crane impacts the man-basket where the 3 men were in.. RIP
maxezz9 1 year ago
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LMAO
YouGotJEWD 1 year ago
fuck you you ass. people were killed in this.
i hope to god you end up in hell. where you belong
bped1985 1 year ago
may those three men R.I.P.
118Cheeseoid 1 year ago 2
my dad and i were there about twenty minuets before this happened, dropping off a load of stone...
god rest their souls...
Bigbadrussian420 2 years ago
Damn that shits fucked up,may they R.I.P man
ShowKrazy2009 2 years ago
I remember where I was. I was with my best friend and girlfriend at Olympic Lanes on 27th street. It was my birthday and I just remember watching the news and being like "Oh...SHIT!"
michaeltgrace 2 years ago
i saw this happen when i was driving by with my mom on the i94 i think and i was 4
Chughes08 2 years ago 3
the squeal is the brakes coming off, the pop is the center of rotation, king pin breaking. it was a 440 ton lift, the winds sideloaded the crane. the wind was blowing 30 mph, the lift had a max wind of 10 mph.
powertrp 2 years ago
What is all the noise the crane is making in the begining of the video is it some cable popping?
ImDanimal85 2 years ago
heartbreaking. May God Bless them.
natezemanek 2 years ago
oooooooooh wooooooooooo. how sad. im a milwaukee native
joyariffic 2 years ago
Holy Shit.
That is bad.
R.I.P to the three men that lost there lives.
twiggyh4x 2 years ago 43
@twiggyh4x nthey got bronze statues of em outside the park now
GFORCEpackattack 8 months ago
i remember driving past the crane before and afetr the collapse. sad about those three guys that died.
Darkstorms15 2 years ago 3
those men who died are true heroes. i cant believed that happened.
ryanbraun8brewers 2 years ago
Why the hell are those men who died heroes?? They were poor souls in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nothing heroic about that. You need to get off the idea that every person who dies is a hero. They did not jump to rescue someone and give their life doing it... Sheesh. Grow up.
sunstarfire 2 years ago 2
you mean at the right time
Mr70ChallengerRT 1 year ago
hard to believe that happened still to this day
alexcub25 2 years ago
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derek321321321 2 years ago
Would you say the same when the carpenter of the stadium gets a heartattack at home..?
Tragic.. but.. well.. also really spectacular to see, no doubt about it.
WhiskeyArjan 2 years ago
i didnt mean it like that, i just meant they were at the wrong place at the wrong time, and yes, it was tragic.
derek321321321 2 years ago
i remember driving by when this happened and i was four years old
Chughes08 2 years ago
o my god,... i just hold my breath.
sbggirl88 2 years ago
I'm a licensed construction safety instructor and use this video as one of my learning aids.
UAL012 2 years ago
holy shit
crazyAlexander23 2 years ago
i was so young when this happened. nonetheless, i remember, but seeing this video gives me the chills.
ExpeditionPictures 2 years ago
same here,
TreyWallace22 2 years ago
This was a horrible day for Milwaukee. Miller Park is a Gem, and is one of the Greats in MLB. Milwaukee is a city that prides itself on the Brewers and the rich tradition it brings. When this disaster happened, it touched the whole community. God Bless the workers and their families who sacrificed the ultimate for us to spend a Sunday watching the greatest game in the world......Baseball.
onlynamenottaken1 2 years ago
Someone at my school was at the Brewer game when the crane crashed, he was almost hit by it
stoopkid80 2 years ago
The park was not opened you tard. Go tell your lies somewhere else.
onlynamenottaken1 2 years ago
UGH, I never said Miller Park opened but County Stadium was and I'm just saying what I heard but I doubt it's true so go be a critic somewhere else
stoopkid80 2 years ago
And what's a tard?
stoopkid80 2 years ago
tard = retard
kakrami 2 years ago
I'm just saying what I heard. Besides who calles people "tards"?
stoopkid80 2 years ago
yea right they didnt play during the construction
Chughes08 2 years ago
I just said what I heard, I never said I believed it
stoopkid80 2 years ago
hahahahhahahahahahahahahahha....YOU FIRED!!!!!! HAHAHA XD...
murkins001 2 years ago
woah, shit!
DrUmiiSt 2 years ago
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ahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha
fuck em all
GODZILLAMANASS 2 years ago
sasquatch121 how you can said "great action"?
Three men lost their lives in this accident...
soyer92 2 years ago 18
wasn't it ten? o.o
SAKUshikimori 2 years ago
im pretty sure it was 3.
sioux0863 2 years ago
It was three men that lost their lives.. just saw the documentary on the TV
Harpai 2 years ago
great action vid!
sasquatch121 2 years ago
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americans...
Ostry018 2 years ago
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fuck you!!!! I think I'm gonna stick my American cock in your mouth, your daughters mouth, and your wife's mouth.
307OLDS 2 years ago
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i'm not gonna fuck your daughter cause i'm not a pedophile....
Ostry018 2 years ago
It's a fuckin shame your a Pole, I'm %100 Polish. but really I think you are French but live in Poland.
307OLDS 2 years ago
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No... i'm 500% polish i have my own "familly tree" beginning at 1764
So French ppl are cool but not americans.. you got nice hamburgers..skycrapers , cars you got a lot of money but that's all.....
Ostry018 2 years ago
Fuck Antifa
Sława Wielkiej Polsce !
slaskihanys 2 years ago
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Jeszcze ty mnie nie dobijaj nie dość że na komisji dzisiaj D dostałem to jeszcze ty
Ostry018 2 years ago
This happened 10 years ago on my birthday
generationll 2 years ago
Would have cacked my self
va1ova1o 2 years ago
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LOL it's like dominos falling over
xXxDeathBySpamXxX 2 years ago
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LOL yeah
Drosswolf 2 years ago
I live in Milwaukee and actually at the time, lived like ten blocks from the stadium... but I remember this day clearly... they confirmed the very same day that it was too windy for the lift. Right in front of the Home plate enterance to the stadium there is a momument for the three iron workers who died during the accident.
hysteria914 3 years ago 3
i just took a ten hour safety meeting for OSHA and this was mentioned. he didnt have the video so i looked it up here. the original crane operator said it was too windy and wouldnt do it so they found somebody else that claimed to be a crane operator. turns out it was twice as windy than what wind the crane could actually handle
XXXLiveFastRideHard 3 years ago
I remember seeing this at the news. Tragic.
And I go to 2-3 Brewers home games every year and never think of this.
sfs2040 3 years ago
Ironically enough, the crane operator also suffered from erectile dysfunction
nathanwilefrazier 3 years ago
shit, my dad is a crane operator, probably the best in our town, bout 20,000 people live here and he uses a 450-sumo and same thing nealy happened to him and he is only on a barge in a port making wharfs for bhp bilitons ships to come in and load on but lucky he only dropped the 8tonne load in the water!!!
and did you see the man in the mancage in the background getting taken out!!!!
my heart goes out to those riggers who lost thier lives in sutch a simple and devistating accident.
smackdown9117 3 years ago
well since i'm still alive and well i'm scared of dying still. i'm always thinking about that.
MrSaltmen 3 years ago
The person filming was actually an OSHO Field Officer.
DrKennethNoizewater 3 years ago
OSHA.
XXXLiveFastRideHard 3 years ago
RIP to those who lost their lives.
Wasn't the one who filmed this video a bit close to it all though? If the crane had fallen towards him instead I don't think he could've gotten away.
cougher989 3 years ago
I would like 2 make a correction and appoligize 4 the mistake its mitsubishi heavy industries america and the only reason i put japan is becase i live in n.z and we just finshed building a powerstation using this company my mistake.
paewai70 3 years ago
Death is such a tragic event and my heart goes out 2 the 3 iron workers who loss their lives but this tragic event could have been prevented as the predominate cause of all crane accidents is human error as accidents hurt accidents cost and accidents kill i would never have sent those iron workers up to bolt the 480 ton roof section in place till the load was with in 300mm-400mm of where it was 2 b connected as it may have taken 10-15 mins to get ready but at least you would not be in the d-zone
paewai70 3 years ago 3
Cranes are dynamic machines and people should always use caution when working with or around them and from wot ive seen and know about the accident where mitsubishi heavy industries japan was found 2 b 97% liable 4 the accident as they did not allow 4 the wind and the effects it had on the load being lifted and ir put so much stress on big blue that the cranes structual integrity was put at risk so much so that the king pin snapped in half which is located at the base of the crane to much 4 blue
paewai70 3 years ago
The lampson transilift 3 or big blue is 1 of the biggest cranes in the world as she weighes in at 2100 tonnes her boom rises 567 ft 2 ft more then babe ruthes furtherest home run of 565ft she has 30 000ft of cable(6miles)it takes 11 diesel engines 2 move her and 3-4 weeks 2 set up on site and could lift anything up 1000 tonnes but on that day because of wind conditions which put lateral stress on the boom with the force of 6 tonnes was 2 much 4 big blue 2 handle and started a chain reaction.
paewai70 3 years ago
RIP bros.
BigAssPain 3 years ago
Never woulda happened if we woulda just kept County Stadium.
SavageArmsMan 3 years ago 2
my dad helped build that stadium.
schatzi321 3 years ago
well if you know anytnhing about the accident the three guys in the man basket (the conectors) went up that day to be heros ... the opp. of the rig (big blue) would not set the pice that day the rig was at 98% of it's SWL in 40 mph winds, as he picks the pice it is so big i acts as a sail.. he said no way it's unsafe as did the iron workers.. so they put together a HERO crew and 3 mew lose there lives !!! this is what happens when under qulified people are alowed to run work.
crweber357 3 years ago
i agree with that i've been an ironworker for 4 years and this should never of happened
iluvNickJonashesHOTT 3 years ago
you can see people being thrown from a bucket in the other crane behind big blue
alpharaptor1 3 years ago
sad
Wiishit23456withvids 3 years ago
its really sad how no one even knows about this. if this happened at citi field or the new yankee stadium the whole world would know every detail about it
nymetsfreak21 3 years ago 3
if you watch closly at about 1:00 u will see the 3 men who were killed by the crane
PencilDice 3 years ago
R.I.P.
AnthonyRock422 3 years ago
Wow.
I lived near Milwaukee for a long time and I had no idea this video even existed.
Such a sad misfortune...
IanSzzz 3 years ago
that sucked i feel bad for their loved ones rip!
myshirtssuck1 3 years ago
i live there
classicrock5 3 years ago
wasnt it 2 men and one women cuz i was there today watchin the game n they had the statue of it?!?!
oodles52 3 years ago
very sad day around here when that happend
mstngsrule68 3 years ago
i'm an IBEW member originally from milwaukee now living in NC. it's sad that very few even heard of this tragedy. was working ona job at miller brewing and went past that pick as it was in the air. by the time i got home, it had fallen. the winds were pretty strong. all the crap OSHA "enforces".... how ironic that THEY didn't stop the pick. just so sad and tragic.
wotrwokr 3 years ago
Very sad.
THESECRETINMILWAUKEE 3 years ago
sad stuff ey. in oz now safety is an absolutely huge priority and the workplace is so much better for it. R.I.P
deggy89 3 years ago
Rest in Peace
Michaelmizou 3 years ago
R.I.P. Hombres...
JingleJoe 3 years ago
Corporate greed propogated this accident. Safety was secondary. The wind was insane that day! There is no way any normal person would have attempted this. You can hear the wind in the microphone at ground level. Image what it was like at 200ft.
CramItSideways 3 years ago
i knew the wife who lost her husband to that accident
SpyGuy36 3 years ago
If she was married to Wischer - she's a whore. Wischer's wife moved in with her boyfriend right after her husband got killed.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
The original operator whom refused to work under these conditions should get a Congressional Medal of Honor.
KOHF34 3 years ago
my understanding is that the origional operator on this job refused to do the lift because of the wind. Due to that decision he was replaced with another operator that would comply with the wishes of whoever was in charge of this end of the project. How sad is it that someone can be that easily replaced because they fear for the safety of others?? It's true, ultimate responsibility is on the operator and all operators know that.
reign33 3 years ago
BULLSHIT There was only one operator who was a company man and did whatever he was told.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
Oh ...are you from the area? I'd like to hear what you know of what happened. You're an ironworker local 8... where is that?
reign33 3 years ago
Milwaukee WI.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
I'm sorry about your co-workers. We were just talking about this accident at work a week or so ago, I know that accounts of an accident like this are always different from what ya hear ...and even from what's reported in the media. I'm more inclined to believe another union worker than the media or any hand me down stories. Thanks for correcting my understanding.
IUOE Local 542
reign33 3 years ago
The operator for Lampson travelled around with that rig, and, was set up nice. Never should have made the pick that day. Victor was the Super who was determined to make picks whenever there was a crowd at the old ballpark (County Stadium)
If you want to know more, PM me - I don't really want to broadcast the ins and outs for the entire public to read.
Thanks for your well wishes brother.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
uhhh that would be sister tho! :D
reign33 3 years ago
Sorry sister - my fault. You know what happens when we ASSuME.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
yikes. my pops was project manager for all drywall and framing inside miller park. he came home early that day to take me to baseball practice. not saying he would have hurt but he would've definitely been there. scary. rip.
ronronroo 3 years ago
I would say more blame to the PM than the operator.
bowlesgroupllccom 3 years ago
well these are all good comments i guess but the operator is ultimately responsibles. the pic never should have been made. it wasnt too large but too much wind hands down. im a crane operator and could never imagine putting my guys life in my hands like this man did. he deserved every bit of his prison sentence. he gives us nccco and nacb operators a bad name. too much responsibly for such an ignorant person
crackersgm 3 years ago
The judge presiding over the civil suit awarded each of the victim's families $13 million - a million for every second it took the crane to fall. We need more judges like that in America!
KOHF34 3 years ago
I remember them building that, I used to go to the old County Stadium, Miller Park is a nice Stadium, I been inside of the Midwest Airline suit 3 times already.
DirectFilms 3 years ago
Facts of this are: This vid was shot by an OSHA inspector, the roof structure section being lifted acted as a sail and was pushed by the wind, crane booms are not designed to be "side" loaded which is why this one failed, the screeching is the crane swing brake failing and the bangs were the main turret ball bearings exploding, the man you see running away was the crane operator fleeing for his life, the three men who were killed were all in a man basket suspended from one of the other cranes..
tube4djs 3 years ago 3
Thanks for the breakdown- been around cranes a little bit and never heard those sickening sounds thank god. Never saw the Operator running until you mentioned it. The cab appears to have survived somewhat intact. What became of the rig on the other side of the stadium? A tandem pick? Those poor men in that basket in the distance.I read about the law suit and the$paid to Ironworkers families. The bastards that sent those men and assembly into that wind should go straight to hell and not pass go.
wonderfulhuman161 3 years ago
That idiot running (operator) was a SUCKASS Lampson Company man. Victor (the super-may he die slowly) insisted on doing picks to show off for the County Stadium crowds.
The operator has final say on ALL PICKS! It was too damned windy that day. (at least 35mph ON THE GROUND!)
The operator running the crane that had the Brothers in the basket should get a medal. He did everything he could - AND STAYED IN HIS RIG - to try to save them. His tip disappeared.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
Thanks brother. He did run like a little girl didn't he? Was looking at this nightmare in the wake of the tragedy here in New York where we lost 6 union brothers + that poor woman this weekend. Pray for the dead- fight like hell for the living.
wonderfulhuman161 3 years ago
Hey Brother - I had some correspondance with another who went to clean that mess up. I hit a knee for those who fell.
Heard that because it was a rebar job - Laborers helped jump the crane. Local 40 does it on structural. Laborers aren't competant to do our work. After the mourning - things need to be made right.
Work safe!
IWLocal8 3 years ago
A tragic mistake. The engineers never calculated wind stress. There's always a breeze at 100 feet. The air could have been perfectly still on the ground and this still could have happened.
35mph on the ground???!! You're full of shit.
komatsukid1 3 years ago
i usally come to milwaukee to visit my aunt around this time, and i was in milwaukee that day, and she lives on 26th street, a little bit away, but i still remember being outside and hearing that lound crashing noise, i though some one was shooting at me!
WeightGaining 3 years ago
Burried in these comments are mention of how the main kingpin failed due to substituting a copper washer for a steel one. There are pics of the massively bent 12" king pin which came out of the track assembly. If you look closely, the last bang before the crane went over produced a puff of smoke that came from underneath the chasis. This was probably the retained popping off the kingpin and hitting the ground. There is a guy standing right at the tracks that then runs away.
motatyou 3 years ago
dude i was with my freinds across from there and it scared the shit out of me. i thought it was fuckin grenades blowing off untill i saw it fall
fuckserbs2 3 years ago
Where were the three men that lost their lives positioned? How much time are those two foreman and crane operator doing for this?? That's unfair in my opinion. How much did this tragedy set back the completion of the ball park and what was damaged? How much do those cranes cost??
DetroitLove4U 3 years ago
the 3 men were on a scaffolding inside the stadium when the crane fell on top of them
lexmarks567 3 years ago
The three iron workers are in a man basket hanging from the crane in the background. It is hit by the boom of Big Blue as it falls. The booming sounds you hear before Big Blue goes over are the concrete pads under the crane failing due to the crane being overloaded in the 25mph wind.
philtv37 3 years ago
i dont know if you guys know this...but the foreman and the operator of the crane are in prison for this. the original operator said no to operating the crane bc of the wind...another operator then said he would do it...dumb decision.
osu6785 3 years ago
BULLSHIT osu785. Nobody's done one day of time.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
i lived like across the street when this happened and the windows in my house rattled, i totaly remeber that.
hppyunbrthday 4 years ago
wow.. thats being at the right place at the right time.. or not, depending on how you wanna look at it. great vid.
bainesca 4 years ago
That is why you dont do construction on windy days.
Shaydog00966 4 years ago
My parents were driving past and 5 minutes later it fell
HotCizzle 4 years ago
eehee
CubsFan2812 4 years ago
i was on the school bus when this happen saw the hole thing
pimpinlonntay 4 years ago
Suddenly the crane fell and struck the basket like a baseball bat hits a ball, killing you and your two fellow men.
It took FOURTEEN SECONDS for the three men to fall to their deaths!!!
Next time you are holding a Mitsubishi product in your hands... Please stop and close your eyes and count to fourteen seconds. Know that you will never see your loved ones again, that they will NEVER see YOU again and will spend the REST of their LIVES never to see or hold or talk to you again...
MisterBungee 4 years ago
I understood on a tv program i was watching on this, was that the 3 men were working on something completely different then the operation that went wrong. Are you the voice in the video? Or where you at the site? I'm just curious in asking this because you seem quite passionate about this. I'll check back later.
zarubaconst 4 years ago
I apologize. My "open letter" was posted in 500 character increments, so my thoughts are scattered all over the page. Try following them chronologically if you can.
I wasn't there. My sister's father, Jerome Starr, was killed in the accident. I was biking across country in the 1999 Twin Cities>Wisconsin>Chicago AIDS Ride & received the news on the 3rd day of a 6-day ride.
MisterBungee 4 years ago
What the hell does Mitsubishi have to do with it? This crane went down because they picked a section that was too large at a time when it was too windy!
cwdressen 4 years ago
There were engineers from Mitsubishi on site that day who insisted that the crew should move that large section anyway despite the high wind speeds.
Percy1966 4 years ago
The engineers from Mitsubishi couldn't speak English. I know - I worked there. My karate instructor taught me a bunch of Japanese phrases so that I could talk to them.
It was Victor - the superintendant who pushed the lift.
IWLocal8 3 years ago
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was the subcontractor that wad in charge of designing and building the stadium roof. It was a Mits product. Perhaps you should do a little research before assaulting me. Perhaps the Milwaukee Journal Dec. 2000 era.
I lived in Milw. at the time of the accident and knew people that were on sight. I guess I'm pretty sad.
Percy1966 3 years ago