"Peinemann had already been involved in accident '

04-08-2015 17:54

Crane company Peinemann that was used to place the Juliana Bridge in Alphen, has also recently been involved in an accident. Writes the Leiden newspaper.

 
On Saturday, July 25 touched on the A44 at Leiden a road worker injured when a concrete block during hoisting operations fell on him.
While lifting a girder for the bridge, the piece became loose concrete. The man was discharged with a fracture, as it turned out.
 
Cause
Peinemann Holding, the owner of the fallen cranes in Alphen aan den Rijn, still in the dark about the cause of the accident on Monday, reported the company from Hoogvliet Tuesday on its website.
 
,, At this moment we can not say anything about the cause; The studies are there for in full swing. We are upset by this horrible event and our thoughts go out to the victims, local residents and other stakeholders. Coordination and information is currently owned by the municipality and emergency services locally, '' let the management Peinemann.
 
The relevant crane operators work according to the company for many years with the company. In Peinemann was no one available to comment Tuesday.
 
The family business has been more than sixty years active in areas such as crane rental and transport. According to business magazine Quote its current owners Jaap (68) and Peter (60) Peinemann together 90 million. This shows the crane rental companies on place 230 of the Fortune 500.
 
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