Author: admin 04 April 2013
A large construction crane known as “Big Blue” collapsed as workers rushed to complete the new home of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team in time for the 2000 season.
Unfortunately died three construction workers.
When Big Blue fell into the partially constructed stadium during a lift, dropping a 450-ton section of the ballpark’s retractable roof.
The three ironworkers had been guiding the roof section into place from an aerial basket suspended from a separate crane.
They were killed when the collapse of Big Blue knocked their own basket to the ground.
The accident caused approximately $100 million in damage to the partially completed structure and delayed the completion of the project for one year.
