Incredible pictures showing what happens when the leg of a 50-tonne travel hoist falls down a manhole
This is what happens when you drive a 50-tonne travel hoist carrying a big steel boat over a manhole cover.
The accident happened earlier this month at Dean & Reddyhoff’s new flagship marina in Portland, Dorset.
The boat, believed to be a Linssen 410, was being lifted back into the water by the brand new travel hoist when the entire apparatus collapsed after one of its legs fell down a manhole.
The steel boat’s hull was damaged, but we can’t help wondering how much worse it would have been had it been a GRP boat in the lift.
The manhole has since been filled with concrete, James Beaver from Dean & Reddyhoff told MBM, and insurers are working to satisfy all parties.
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