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Experts Say Improper Rigging Caused Hancock Accident - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction

Publication Date: 23-OCT-06
Author:  Tudor Van Hampton
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A couple of steel wheels and cable clamps could have saved the lives of four people on a Saturday afternoon in March 2002, when wind blew parts of an 11,000-lb suspended scaffold off Chicago's John Hancock Center and sent debris raining into the street below. Accident investigators who recently made their findings public say improper hardware, training and ...

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