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Safe landing for jet-on-a-stick

...that potentially could have been used to remove the plane The experienced towing and salvage operator counseled the crane operator and others during the process. He held his hands apart a set distance to indicate how long a segment of the rear...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-09-23/safe-landing-jet-stick
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ND ethanol plant workers ponder uncertain future

...has been in the company's equipment maintenance section. He also had been working toward becoming certified as a crane operator. His wife, Lynnette, works for Johnson Farms, a large agricultural business in Walhalla. "It's almost a given...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-02-09/nd-ethanol-plant-workers-ponder-unce
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Clairy 'Gene' Ocker

...Minn. Gene was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and worked at Carter-Day Construction in Fridley Minnesota as a crane operator. In 1979 he moved to the Motley area from Wyoming, Minn. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking projects...

http://brainerddispatch.com/obituary/2011-07-12/clairy-gene-ocker
Marcel V. Pikula

...ice business on Rice Lake and 13th Avenue NE. He went to work in 1957 at Potlatch and retired in 1983 as an expert crane operator. Marcel is survived by his wife of 69 years, Margaret L. (Sullivan) Pikula; and their children, Michael (Pamela...

http://brainerddispatch.com/obituary/2011-08-31/marcel-v-pikula
Open Forum: Don't push the nuclear panic button

...Japan's earthquake and the resulting tsunami. At this point, there is one fatality from the "nuclear threat" - a crane operator in Reactor No. 1. The primary nuclear concern is the continuing release of radioactivity into the atmosphere from...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2011-03-14/open-forum-don%E2%80%9
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Soft steel

...lows, the company's outlook is bleak. "We go to work every day and hope for the best," said Jon Panepucci, a crane operator at Wheeling-Pitt's plant in Martins Ferry, Ohio. "We can't plan ahead at Wheeling-Pitt. We're in the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010601/bus_0106010045.shtml
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Daylong standoff at Atlanta construction crane ends with man hanging himself

...climbed the crane's long ladder early Thursday, said Steen Miles, a spokeswoman for Atlanta's transit system. A crane operator said he found the man around 6 a.m., when he climbed up to begin work. The distraught man demanded the worker's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/062201/nne_0622010001.shtml
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Astronauts set free rejuvenated telescope

...Saturday after five days of repairs. "Good luck, Mr. Hubble," astronaut John Grunsfeld called out. Shuttle crane operator Nancy Currie set Hubble free as the two spacecraft zoomed 360 miles above the Atlantic. She had used Columbia's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/030902/nne_0309020051.shtml
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Long-awaited housecleaning on Pelican Lake's Jones Bay

...attempts failed, a crane was used to extract the concrete slabs, which had been in the water for about 25 years. The crane operator reported one of the slabs weighed 26,000 pounds. Acorn Crane Service provided the crane. Crow Wing County's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/052808/nei_20080528011.shtml
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West Coast port workers return to docks crammed with cargo

...said. Work also resumed at five terminals in Tacoma, Wash., said Dick Marzano, vice president of ILWU Local 23. Crane operator Bob Campbell, a dockworker for 34 years, said the mood was "semi-somber." He accused the court of eliminating...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/101002/nne_1010020001.shtml
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