Drama in Brazil ahead of the year-end holidays. A worker died and another was injured Sunday morning when a crane fell while assembling a Christmas tree, in the city of Manaus, near the Amazon rainforest, local press reported.
Video recorded during the incident shows the crane overturning and collapsing, while a worker was on the machine’s boom. A retired military officer and a visiting doctor provided first aid.
The first worker, Antônio Paulo Rodrigues de Souza, 40, died from his injuries. The second, Henes Libório Ramos, 47, suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized. His condition is stable, according to the Brazilian press.
The crane operator is unfit for work
According to the autopsy report of the Forensic Institute (IML), submitted by the Brazilian agency Amazon Agency, Antônio Paulo suffered from cerebral edema, brain hemorrhage and head trauma due to falling from a height while unconscious.
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In the video, we can also see a crane operator dressed as Santa Claus jumping from the machine at the time of the accident. According to police, quoted by Globo, the latter was on sick leave and receiving a disability pension. “This means that this is a person who is not fit for work, even though he works there,” explained Marcelo Martins from the Integrated Resort Police (DIP) 24. The crane operator was arrested shortly after the incident.
According to Brazil’s Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, the crash was caused by a technical failure, CNN reported. Civil police are in charge of the investigation.
