A saw operator died when struck by a 710-pound (322-kilogram) aluminum plate that fell while suspended by an overhead crane. In a metal-cutting shop, the victim had lifted the plate off a pallet by using a crane with vacuum-operated suction cups attached to the hook. For an unknown reason, he then shut off power to the crane and reached under the suspended plate. He may not have known that the suction cups were wired to the crane controls, so the vacuum shut off when the crane shut off. When the suction cups lost vacuum, the plate fell, striking the victim. He […]