A large diesel fuel tank fell on a worker who was helping move it into place. The tank measured six feet in diameter by nearly 20 feet in length. It weighed 3,000 pounds when empty and was three-quarters full of fuel. The tank was suspended in a cradle and was being lifted by two mobile cranes. The plan was to place it on a flatdeck truck. The victim was standing beside the tank, waiting to remove the cradle. When the tank was about a foot above the deck, one of the crane operators got out of the crane and came over […]
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