Australia
It happened in our Moomba gas fields. He was lifting a spool pipe weighing 4.7 tonne and the ground collapsed under his outrigger as it was not packed up correctly under the outrigger. The operator suffered minor injuries and was in hospital for approximately 1 week.
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The recent boom collapse in Manhattan, New York resulted in the death of Michael Simermeyer. Ironically, the same building inspector, Patrick McGarrigle, on site who failed to check a cable involved in the accident was also connected with an fatal crane accident in 2008.