Video – Near miss during bridge lift…

Fast reactions of demolition worker saves him from bridge section.

On the face of it, this is just a run-of-the-mill bridge lift. All the correct safety procedures appear to be in place, the lift is being monitored from the bridge deck and below.

But for reasons that are not altogether obvious, the crane operator has taken it upon himself to start slewing the crane rather than lifting the section straight up. And it is only good fortune and the fast reactions of the worker on the bridge that saves him from what could have been a nasty if not fatal accident (fast forward to the 58 second mark):