HOUSTON The estate of a worker who was crushed to death when a crane s attached bucket fell 100 feet to the ground is claiming negligence.
Raquel Spahn, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of John Thomas Spahn, Debra Spahn, Joseph Robert Spahn and Raquel Spahn as next of friend for Palona Spahn filed a complaint May 12 in Harris County District Court against Mesa Line Services, Craneworks Rentals LLC and The Manitowoc Company Inc., alleging negligence and product liability.
John Thomas Spahn was working for Mesa Line Services as a journeyman lineman on March 21, 2021, and was using a crane with an attached man-bucket while working on an electrical distribution pole in Mt. Belvieu, according to the plaintiffs complaint. They allege that the man basket suddenly became disconnected from the jib and came crashing down to the ground and fatally crushing Spahn.