Mexico Crane Failure Kills 7 at ICA Fluor Assembly Site
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Seven workers assembling an offshore oil rig were killed in a crane failure in Mexico, the deadliest accident ever for a joint venture between construction companies Empresas ICA SAB and Fluor Corp.
The employees were in a personnel carrier that fell from a height of about 40 meters (130 feet) while suspended from a crane, Mexico City-based ICA said today in a statement. An eighth person was injured and is in serious condition, according to an e-mailed statement from Irving, Texas-based Fluor.