08:05 am, Wednesday 26 August, 2009

Queensland Workplace Health And Safety is investigating an accident at the University of Queensland that occurred on Tuesday afternoon. A crane fell on a wing of the partly constructed $100 million School of Veterinary Science, although no damage to the building occurred.

A Crane fell on a wing of the partly constructed $100 million School of Veterinary Science, although no damage to the building occurred.

No-one was injured, but scaffolding around the building was damaged.

A spokesman for the site operators said people on site and in a nearby building were evacuated as a safety measure.

A second crane was used to remove the crane from the site.

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