Chennai metro rail crane collapse kills one, injures six workers
Posted on: 09/Aug/2012 10:15:16 AM - No. of views : (3177)
A Metro Rail worker died and six others were injured when the boom of a crane
snapped and came crashing down on them in front of Pachaiyappa`s College on
Poonamallee High Road on Wednesday.
A Metro Rail spokesman said the accident happened around 8pm when workers were involved in the construction of a diaphragm wall for a tunnel at the proposed Pachaiyappa`s underground station. "A crane was hoisting metal reinforcements , weighing 25 tonnes when its boom broke," said S Krishnamoorthy , Metro Rail chief general manager, public relations.
source : times of india
A Metro Rail spokesman said the accident happened around 8pm when workers were involved in the construction of a diaphragm wall for a tunnel at the proposed Pachaiyappa`s underground station. "A crane was hoisting metal reinforcements , weighing 25 tonnes when its boom broke," said S Krishnamoorthy , Metro Rail chief general manager, public relations.
source : times of india
