Angle iron falls from high rise construction site
Posted Sep 4, 2013 6:27 pm.
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A dangerous situation, which could have ended a whole lot worse in downtown Calgary Wednesday.
Several pieces of construction material fell from a building on 8th St. and 5th Ave, around 3:40 in the afternoon.
Spokesperson Carol Henke tells 660News, “Fire crews got a call that some pieces of angle iron had fallen from a crane that was slinging these pieces at a construction site. The estimates are that the pieces of angle iron fell thirty-five storeys.”
The police department says luckily no one was walking or driving below when the load came crashing down.
Occupational Health and Safety is now investigating.
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