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Crane safety
When Jason Kenna heard there had been another deadly crane collapse in New York on Friday, he knew that Heede Southeast would be spending the day double-checking its cranes, including this one, which his company has had on the Oconee Medical Center (OMC) construction site for the past year. Heede is a Pineville, N.C., tower crane rental company. Kenna has spent years performing safety checks in hopes of preventing such collapses. Friday's collapse in New York, which killed two workers, is the second in months for the city, which saw seven people die in a collapse in March. Another collapse in Miami killed two workers last month. In an interview with the Charlottte Observer this week, Kenna said when events like this happen, “We just know we need to be extra, extra cautious and double- and triple-check everything.” The Heede crane at OMC will complete its work and be disassembled some time this month.
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