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Texas Is One of 35 States Not Requiring Crane Operators to be Licensed

In a scene that has become all-too familiar, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes came crashing down at a Houston oil refinery on Friday afternoon, killing four workers. It was the latest of a number of fatal crane accidents. "I stopped in my tracks and ... oh, we was in shock," said Stacey Davis, who witnessed the accident. "I knew [...] probably some people got killed, because it was so big. It was so loud." The massive 30-story-tall crane toppled over at the LyondellBasell refinery in... Full Story
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