I don't post comments but tonight I somehow felt compelled to post something.

My condolences are to the family and the community affected by this tragedy.

I've worked around the world in the offshore oil and gas industry and have seen many forms of safety measures put in place to help reduce and or hopefully eliminate disasters like this from happening. The Government of the Bahamas needs to wake up and adopt some of the measures used by other countries such as the UK, Canada, Europe etc... If they want to either be taken seriously or protect the well-being workers. Especially in industrial environments.

Nevertheless the questions I feel need to be raised from this accident are

1: Where was the safety inspector who signed off on this?
2: Was the crane sufficient for the dedicated lift?
3: Was the crane and lifting equipment associated with the lift tested and rated?
4: Was the operated trained to notice defects and potential dangers?
5: Who was in charge of the manouvere
6: If these questions can't be answered why not? Where is the chain of accountability? Someone is to be held responsible.

I can sit here and create a list of at least 100 more questions that would typically be asked by any inspector in one of the countries listed above.

I hope that the family or community will put pressure on the government to reduce or eliminate similar accidents like this aren't replicated.