TERRIFYING video shows a building site worker dangling from a crane hundreds of feet in the air. He can be heard screaming while suspended by his hand under a pallet of construction materials as it…
Building firm PCL Constructors confirmed an "incident took place" on Tuesday when a worker's hand was "entangled with a tagline after hooking a load".
The worker was employed by subcontractor Modern Niagara as a rigger, responsible for ensuring loads of materials are securely fastened before being hoisted by crane operators.It said: "It was reported that a worker became entangled with a tag line from a crane after hooking a load, was hoisted off the podium level and sustained injuries."The construction site is the same one where a crane collapsed and fell on the roof of an adjacent building 200ft up.
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