Wolcott community remembers the man who died in crane accident ,Projector Lamp

He said his company another firm that hires out crane crews for some projects also wanted to know what could cause a crane to fail. From a distance he looked at the asphalt beneath the toppled truck and the direction of the cranes fall.Something happened on the right side DeDonatis said. What exactly that is we cant see. But something failed The hydraulics went down or was it operator errorThe Scandia Screamer had been closed for six weeks and the crane workers Tuesday were attempting to remove the rides arm to replace a part. One crane worker fractured his leg and another suffered bumps and bruises.

The entire amusement park was closed and cordoned off Wednesday.Fryer said Cal-OSHA officials will look at the mechanics of the crane to make sure there were no malfunctions and review its load capacity to see if it took on more than it was designed to do.He said the agency plans to speak with employees to understand what led up to the accident and review how much training the workers had completed.

A lot of digging will be done into work processes training the procedures followed and what was actually being done at the time of the accident said Fryer who said the investigation may take several months.He died on the job. Neighbors describe him as a hard worker and a family man.The medical examiner office has ruled the death of Douglas Fitzmaurice of Wolcott an accident Fitzmaurice died after the crane he was operating tipped over along the Genesee River on Tuesday. He was trapped for hours.News spoke with people who have known Fitzmaurice since high school. In fact we told he just celebrated his anniversary from high school His family and friends are devastated.

was always around He always been around and knew everybody Just a heartfelt loss said Jim Henner Wolcott resident People in the small Wayne county community of Wolcott are still absorbing the news. Douglas Fitzmaurice was considered a fixture here Some say it hard to believe they won see him again.ord always gets around a small town word gets around by mouth. Pretty shocking I would imagine Oh absolutely just very devastating our heart goes out to the family said Rhonda Morgan Wolcott resident.