Hurricane Dorian crane collapse - GIF

[Jon]

Hurricane Dorian claims a crane in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A reminder that, from a branch all the up to a crane, a partial collapse can be much worse than a clean fall.




Previously:

Truck-mounted crane collapses while installing tank - GIF
Crane collapses while pulling bus out of river - GIF
Chinese tower crane collapse - GIF
Crane collapse yesterday in Dallas - GIFs
Tandem crane collapse while lifting bridge section on barge - videos
Cyclone Fani crane collapse and bus flipover - GIF and video
Cranes collapse while rescuing tractor trailer - GIF
Multiple cranes collapse - video and photos
Mobile crane collapses while installing billboard, with possible dozer assist - GIF

[Scrounga]

I don’t understand. They had plenty of warning about the hurricane heading their way so why didn’t they take the crane down. I know it’s not easy or cheap to disassemble a crane like that but did they really think it would survive a hurricane?

[jdurand]

Insurance pays for it plus "not my job" syndrome.

[Crusty]

Construction manager waited too long to see if he needed to spend the money and time to disassemble would be my guess.

[Jon]

Another angle:

[Ralphxyz]

It wasn't even that strong of a storm when it hit Nova Scotia! Insurance should not pay if they took the cheap out to not secure the crane.

[Frank S]

Other than the mobile mounted self erecting tower cranes. Some of those cranes can take weeks to safely lower their height by very much.
Other than just dogging them off many are nearly impossible to do much in the way of securing for a possible Omni directional wind
Note another crane escaped unscathed.