Worker seriously injured after crane, boom truck tip over in Oxnard
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED/OXNARD FIRE DEPARTMENT Emergency crews responded to a tipped over construction crane and boom truck in Oxnard Monday afternoon.
Posted: June 20, 2016
By Alysson Aredas, alysson.aredas@vcstar.com
Emergency crews were in Oxnard Monday afternoon working to remove a construction crane and boom truck after they both tipped over and left one worker with a serious head injury, officials said.
The Oxnard Fire Department responded to the scene about 11 a.m. after a medium sized construction crane that was attempting to lift a power pole into the backyard of a residence on Elder Street failed and tipped over, officials said.
During its collapse, officials said the crane hit the arm of a boom truck that was being used as part of the operation, causing it to also fail and the bucket of the truck to swing.
Officials said that a man who was in the bucket of the boom truck did not fall to the ground since he was wearing a harness, but he still sustained a serious head injury. He was later transferred to Ventura County Medical Center.
Cal/OSHA responded to the scene after the incident to conduct an investigation. Officials said that once that is completed, the crane will be removed from the site.
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Crane hits boom lift
June 21, 2016
A boom truck overturned in Oxnard, California yesterday striking a truck mounted aerial work platform, seriously injuring its occupant.
The crane was lifting a power pole into the backyard of a house when it appears to have over reached itself and overturned. The crane’s boom then struck the upper boom of the aerial lift, fortunately the man working from the platform was harnessed in and remained in the platform which remained elevated and intact, however he did suffer a serious head injury from the impact of the crane boom and was rushed to hospital where he was said to be in a serious, but stable condition.
Cal/OSHA arrived at the scene, shortly after it was reported, in order to carry out an investigation.
The overturned boom truck and the damaged truck mounted aerial work platform