Horror stories. Ya boom accidents happen but a vast majority of the time it is operator error. Most are killed when overhead wires are contacted, please look it up. Boom failure happens but it is not widespread which is why most stories are he said she said. Whenever you are depending on any machine or device to support you there is always the risk that something will go wrong or fail so be smart but look it over. I like the don't do anything you are not comfortable doing approach but telling a bunch of stories just scares all the newbies for little gain. I have heard of 3 fatalities personally in 20 years but they were all user error not failure related. Rigs fail but not often, have yours inspected regularly and be heads up. Not to bum kick the other posts but be real guys.
