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A crane accident at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium has left three men injured.
The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. The men jumped from a crane cab to avoid cables and equipment that fell from another crane.
One man’s injuries are described as critical. All three reportedly are conscious.
In a statement issued by the construction company via the Cowboys, it was explained that the accident occurred while a “crawler crane” was being assembled. “[A] cable connector on the erecting crane failed, allowing the crane’s cables to fall,” according to the statement. “The boom being assembled was on the ground and had not yet been attached to the crane.”
The Cowboys are due to begin playing in the $1 billion venue next year.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
That sucks, best wishes to the injured and their families.
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June 12th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
secret text message sent from jerry jones to his mommy:
MOMMY NO ONE’S TALKING ABOUT MY NEW TOYS!! I’M GONNA GO KNOCK SOMETHING EXPENSIVE OVER.. MAYBE HURT SOME PEOPLE!!!!
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June 12th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Cable snapped holding some kind of a hook… hitting a worker in the head killing him. I heard this 7.30 this morning WC time.
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June 12th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Extra large popcorn for best wide receiver… $5. Ginormous HDTVs… $25 million. Brand new, state-of-the-art stadium… $1 billion. Finally winning a playoff game… priceless.. unlikely.. but priceless.
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June 12th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
At least it wasn’t a “Bob Crane” accident. There would have been at least one odd unsolved death.
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June 12th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
What the hell is up with all the crane accidents lately?
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June 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Holy Crap, I hope the workers, especially the critical are alright.
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June 12th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I’m appalled at the people posting on here that actually find it appropriate to make jokes. People got hurt in this accident and one could die, if he hasn’t already! Have a heart and some common decency towards the workers that got hurt today.
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June 12th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
what they dont tell us is the terry glenn was one of the people injurred. i hope she gets well soon, because shes a pretty good receiver.
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June 12th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
“Cable snapped holding some kind of a hook… hitting a worker in the head killing him. I heard this 7.30 this morning WC time.”
Wrong construction site. That happened yesterday on Maple Ave.
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June 12th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Maple Ave? your drinking Drano VOX.
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June 12th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
wingnut….vox ain’t drinking drano, he’s just drinking jerry’s kool aide. “all is well, do not look at our record since 1996……”
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June 12th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
@Vox, your a slut…you’ll do anything fo a 5.
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June 13th, 2008 at 12:46 am
wingnut says:
“Maple Ave? your drinking Drano VOX. ”
Gee, it was only in the article cited above. To wit:
” On Wednesday, Omar Wray, 37, of Irving, was killed at a construction site on Maple Avenue when he was struck by the crane’s hook that broke loose and fell on him.”
Man, you can sure tell who’s getting all butt-hurt because of me haha
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June 13th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Hmm you’d think if Jones was pissing away an extra 400 mil so he can gratuitously (thanks Tiki) feel like he has the most expensive stadium, that he might have spent some of it on construction firms that actually maintain their equipment.
Sorry for the workers hope they are better soon.
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June 13th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Jerry Jones probably hiring construction workers on work-release!
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June 13th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Wingnut says:
“Vox, your a slut…you’ll do anything fo a 5″
I guess when all your “friends” on here say your always having parties and everyone comes, that explains alot, huh Vox. But $5.00, well, I guess your doing what you gotta do to make those trailer payments, good luck with that.
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June 13th, 2008 at 8:26 am
HarrisonHits says:
“Hmm you’d think if Jones was pissing away an extra 400 mil so he can gratuitously (thanks Tiki) feel like he has the most expensive stadium, that he might have spent some of it on construction firms that actually maintain their equipment.”
Good maintenence or not, mistakes happen. Hope everyone involved recovers from this. And I hope Big Blue is the first team to beat the Cowboys in their new digs.
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June 13th, 2008 at 9:04 am
it pays to have a healthy respect for really lousy weather conditions, mother nature, heavy machinery, high voltage, and the laws of physics.
here is something to consider however in this age of open borders and firms trying to cut costs: did all the workers in play, injured and operators… speak english?
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June 13th, 2008 at 9:16 am
It wasn’t a construction accident - they were setting up for Jerry’s next face lift.
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June 13th, 2008 at 10:16 am
B-Dawk, have you been drinking the “Jesus Juice” again? Enjoy the filthy city of Philadelphia and the crappy team, slappy. Thank God you can post only until the library closes.
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June 13th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Hey HarrisonHits, at least nobody was killed. Can’t say the same about the facilities at Gillette Stadium. Maybe next time Robert Kraft will pay somebody $10 to secure the gate that killed Thomas Kelly and injured 5 others back in 2003.
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June 13th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
“mistakes happen”bs,stupidity happens.
this is propably another case of management
going on the cheap.
when the tower crane in new york failed a
couple of weeks ago ,the investigators found
out that the part that failed was on another crane
at one point.the city of new york made the crane
company replace the turntable ring on the crane.
guess where it was repaired,they sent the frigging
thing to china,yes that china
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
moonbeam, come on, the chinese are just doing the work us americans won’t do…….for substandard wages, that’s the part they fail to mention! freakin ridiculous
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