{"id":432734,"date":"2025-12-08T07:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/432734\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:05:42","slug":"forensic-report-reveals-missed-warnings-and-quick-thinking-in-10th-avenue-crane-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/432734\/","title":{"rendered":"Forensic Report Reveals Missed Warnings and Quick Thinking in 10th Avenue Crane Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than two years after a <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/tag\/cranefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tower crane caught fire and collapsed onto 10th Avenue<\/a>, a detailed forensic report commissioned by the New York City Department of Buildings has revealed a troubling timeline of missed inspections, outdated parts and prior warnings that went unheeded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FDNY-Drone-Footage-2023-07-28-at-8.10.03-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"FDNY drone shots from Wednesday's crane fire at 550 10th Avenue.\" class=\"wp-image-74249\"\/>FDNY drone shots from the crane fire at 550 10th Avenue in July 2023. Photo: FDNY<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25crane_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">968-page report<\/a>, prepared by engineering firm Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP along with crane and fire safety consultants, examined the July 26, 2023 incident that shocked Hell\u2019s Kitchen when a crane atop 550 10th Avenue on the corner of W41st Street burst into flames while hoisting a 14,000-pound bucket of concrete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading This Story for FREE!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Phil O'Brien Portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cropped-Phil-OBrien-Portrait-WB-scaled-1-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher &amp; Editor Phil O\u2019Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images\u2019 major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children\u2019s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Phil O&#8217;Brien\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than two years after a tower crane caught fire and collapsed onto 10th Avenue, a detailed forensic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":432735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,200809,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-432734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crane-fire-and-fall-on-10th-avenue","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115682681327514987","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}