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0:00THEIR BELONGINGS, SOME IN THE
0:01DIRECT LINE OF DAMAGE WERE
0:01NOT.
0:02WE'LL HEAR FROM THOSE
0:03RESIDENTS COMING UP AT 5:00.
0:06FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN
0:08DALLAS, ERIN JONES, CBS 11
0:08NEWS.
0:08THANK YOU.
0:09NOW TO THE QUESTION SO
0:11MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING,
0:12HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS
0:13HAPPEN?
0:14REPORTER BRIAN NEW LIVE FROM
0:15THE SCENE WITH THE LATEST ON
0:15THE INVESTIGATION.
0:20BRIAN?
0:21Reporter: FROM WHERE WE'RE
0:22AT, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD
0:23VANTAGE POINT OF WHERE THIS
0:24CRANE SNAPPED.
0:25THE QUESTION NOW FOR
0:25INVESTIGATORS IS WHY DID IT
0:29SNAP?
0:30OSHA IS HEADING UP WHAT'S
0:31REFERRED TO AS THE FORENSIC
0:31INVESTIGATION.
0:36THE CRANE OPERATOR WHICH IS
0:37BASED OUT OF CALIFORNIA FLEW A
0:38TEAM OUT LAST NIGHT.
0:39THE COMPANY TOLD ME THEY ARE
0:41HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR
0:43OSHA, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
0:47WILL LIKELY BE LOOKING AT, IS
0:48DATED THE CRANE HAVE ITS BREAK
0:49ON?
0:50OFTEN TIMES IT'S ACTUALLY
0:51RECOMMENDED THE BREAK BE
0:52RELEASED IN A HEAVY WIND STORM
0:53SO THE CRANE CAN SPIN WITH THE
0:54WIND.
0:58THE MODEL OF THIS PARTICULAR
1:00CRANE IS THE PINE OR SK 415.
1:02ACCORDING TO THE SPECS, THIS
1:02CRANE IS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND
1:06WINDS OF 95 MILES PER HOUR.
1:07THE WIND SPEED AT THE TIME OF
1:10THE CRANE COLLAPSE WAS
1:13RECORDED AT BETWEEN 75 AND 80
1:14MILES PER HOUR.
1:16IN THE PAST DECADE, OSHA HAS
1:17CITED THE COMPANY WITH 17
1:19SAFETY VIOLATIONS INCLUDING