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Cal OSHA? I'd like to report an incident.

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[link:https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Helicopter-drops-air-conditioner-on-oakland-street-15861958.php|Helicopter drops giant

Tessa McLean, SFGATE
Jan. 11, 2021
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 11:53 a.m.

Downtown Oakland residents may have felt the ground shake Saturday morning, but it wasn’t an earthquake.

At about 10:15 a.m., a helicopter dropped an industrial air conditioning unit onto Clay Street near 14th Street after the cables holding it snapped, the Mercury News reported. Construction workers ran for cover as the unit came crashing down from almost 40 feet in the air.

There were no injuries reported, and the helicopter continued to hover in the air afterward.

The Mercury News obtained a recorded video of the incident from Rudi Tcruz, who was walking by with his brother at the time and decided to film the helicopter lifting the unit. In the video, it is in the air for about 30 seconds before the cables break.

Traffic had been closed to the street at the time. The accident was not far from City Hall.

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[msongs]

1. flying in that space looks a bit riky to begin with nt

[Laffy Kat]

2. Yikes!

Looks like an expensive oops whatever the cargo.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. there are tons and tons of cal osha and fed osha haters out there .

this is why we have saftey regs and procedures .

[Brother Buzz]

4. The rabbit comes out of the hole, runs around the tree, then back down the hole.....

Simple, no?

[hunter]

5. Krazy Glue Challenge: FAIL.