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Crane collapses at Quincy shipyard, one dead
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Quincy (AP/WBZ Newsroom) -- One person was killed when the leg of a giant crane collapsed at the Fore River Shipyard on Thursday, a city official said.
For several weeks, workers have been dismantling the Goliath crane -- which once stood 25 stories tall -- in preparation for shipment to Romania. It was not immediately clear what caused the leg collapse, which happened at about 12:30 p.m.
Jim Fatseas, the chief of staff for the mayor's office, confirmed one person was killed, but did not identify the victim. He said no other injuries were reported.
A woman who answered the phone at the company dismantling the crane, Washington state-based Norsar LLC, declined comment before hanging up the phone.
General Dynamics Corp. constructed the Goliath crane in the 1970s and used it to lift huge pieces of ships and tankers at the Fore River Shipyard, which once employed 32,000 people. The crane has been a fixture in the skies over Quincy for decades, but it's been idle since the shipyard closed in 1986.
Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries, a Romanian shipbuilding and repair company, purchased the crane for an undisclosed sum and planned to put it back to use.
In January 2005, there was a collapse at the same shipyard. Two workers died, several others were injured, when part of a 180 foot tall "craneway" came down on a building where workers were removing asbestos. Ultimately, OSHA cited the Testa Corporation for workplace safety violations.

Crane collapses at Quincy shipyard, one dead
M.L.
Quincy (AP/WBZ Newsroom) -- One person was killed when the leg of a giant crane collapsed at the Fore River Shipyard on Thursday, a city official said.
For several weeks, workers have been dismantling the Goliath crane -- which once stood 25 stories tall -- in preparation for shipment to Romania. It was not immediately clear what caused the leg collapse, which happened at about 12:30 p.m.
Jim Fatseas, the chief of staff for the mayor's office, confirmed one person was killed, but did not identify the victim. He said no other injuries were reported.
A woman who answered the phone at the company dismantling the crane, Washington state-based Norsar LLC, declined comment before hanging up the phone.
General Dynamics Corp. constructed the Goliath crane in the 1970s and used it to lift huge pieces of ships and tankers at the Fore River Shipyard, which once employed 32,000 people. The crane has been a fixture in the skies over Quincy for decades, but it's been idle since the shipyard closed in 1986.
Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries, a Romanian shipbuilding and repair company, purchased the crane for an undisclosed sum and planned to put it back to use.
In January 2005, there was a collapse at the same shipyard. Two workers died, several others were injured, when part of a 180 foot tall "craneway" came down on a building where workers were removing asbestos. Ultimately, OSHA cited the Testa Corporation for workplace safety violations.