Carport Construction Accident On S. Fourth Ave. Near E. William St., January 1967 Photographer: Duane Scheel
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1967
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Ann Arbor News, January 13, 1967
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Cement Bucket Falls, Boom Collapses: This was the scene yesterday afternoon on S. Fourth Ave. near E. William St., the site of a carport project, after a crane bucket loaded with a half-yard of wet cement broke loose and struck a worker, William Graham, 27, of Detroit. Kenneth Gass, 42, of Taylor, foreman on the job, saw the bucket speeding toward a half-dozen workers on the top level of the port and shouted a warning while the crane operator, Edward Thompson, 37, of Pontiac, swung the bucket away from the workers. The boom came to rest on a construction trailer. All escaped except Graham, who is reported in "satisfactory" condition at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital today. The brakes controlling the bucket failed.
Ann Arbor News, January 13, 1967
Caption:
Cement Bucket Falls, Boom Collapses: This was the scene yesterday afternoon on S. Fourth Ave. near E. William St., the site of a carport project, after a crane bucket loaded with a half-yard of wet cement broke loose and struck a worker, William Graham, 27, of Detroit. Kenneth Gass, 42, of Taylor, foreman on the job, saw the bucket speeding toward a half-dozen workers on the top level of the port and shouted a warning while the crane operator, Edward Thompson, 37, of Pontiac, swung the bucket away from the workers. The boom came to rest on a construction trailer. All escaped except Graham, who is reported in "satisfactory" condition at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital today. The brakes controlling the bucket failed.
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