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Crane Accident: Haddonfield, N.J.

February 2012—A tree cutter suffered a broken leg when a truck crane that was handling cutoff pieces of a large tree tipped onto its side. An investigator said that the crane toppled when it handled a piece of tree that was heavier than expected. The toppling crane tossed the tree cutter onto the roof of a house, from which he was rescued by firefighters and then taken to a local hospital. The crane operator was unhurt but trapped in the crane cab until power to electrical wires downed by the accident was turned off. OSHA is investigating. – www.haddon.patch.com