Well boss, ya see, it was this way........ Oh brother! Nice shots Tom. Don
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: GESO - Honey... I Had an Accident at Work > > > Not my normal type of subject. Just documentary shots. > > About a month back some state transportation workers were inspecting a > bridge that's between our house and the city. Apparently they had a > mechanical arm extended down over the side of the bridge to inspect the > pylon, when something went wrong and the vehicle toppled over the edge. > > Photo 1 shows the wreckage. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3957289 > > > Photo 2 shows it a little more in context. If you sight up the > pylon you can > make out where it went through the guardrail at the roadway level. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3957304 > > > The operator felt it going and jumped out the door into the roadway with > traffic. From what I was told, the door is supposed to have > automatically > locked when certain operations are in process. They did not > follow safety > procedures that day and had the autolock turned off, which allowed the > driver to get out. His co-worker that was between the vehicle and the > guardrail was not as fortunate. His leg was crushed between the > truck and > the guardrail as it went over. Still no loss of life though. > > A bad day at work. > > Tom C. > >
