PHOTO: Crane tips over at Port of Port Townsend

Posted 12/17/16

A four-wheeled, 50-foot crane owned by Craftsman United, Inc. tipped over while being used to lift a mast off a steel commercial vessel near the business at the Port of Port Townsend, about 9:35 a.m. …

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PHOTO: Crane tips over at Port of Port Townsend

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A four-wheeled, 50-foot crane owned by Craftsman United, Inc. tipped over while being used to lift a mast off a steel commercial vessel near the business at the Port of Port Townsend, about 9:35 a.m. Dec. 16. East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews extricated the crane operator, who was airlifted to a Seattle hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to EJFR's initial report. The accident is being investigated by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Photo by Bill Beezley, East Jefferson Fire Rescue