Glad we just got recertified on man lifts this week - sad story

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WSVN-TV - 2 workers dead after machinery mishap


and right after, we were having a mechanic drive ours w/ us(union rule), hydraulics shaky at heights, so he shut it down for keeps - 23 yrs old POS 85 footer, supposed to finally get new one in a few weeks. If the mechanics wont use it, neither will we!

 

[Splat]

Re: Glad we just got recertified on man lifts this week - sad story

So sad. Hate to hear of someone going to work and never making it home.

We had a fatality a few years back involving a boom lift. The operator was thrown when one of the wheels fell off the trailer while loading. Myth busters got that one wrong, a freak accident.

Bill

 

[Jeep Man]

Re: Glad we just got recertified on man lifts this week - sad story

I'm on scissor lifts or boom lifts weekly. You have to be consious of EVERY move you make. So sad to hear when accidents happen.

 

[pjitty]

Re: Glad we just got recertified on man lifts this week - sad story

who's doing the daily inspections prior to workers using the machine. OSHA Requires a Daily inspection by a Competemt Person. Theirs a good reason why the lift needs to be inspected. Sorry to hear about these workers...

Joe D

 

[NewfieDan]

Re: Glad we just got recertified on man lifts this week - sad story

I am around these lifts all day too. Being a "safety guy" I am the one that makes sure the inspections are done. In the last week we had two lift accidents. One had bad hydraulics and was being moved by a forklift when it fell off the forks. Quite a bit of damage to the lift.

The second and most spooky was when the same type of lift was being loaded on to a flat bed and fell off. This one was being winched on but could just as easily have been driven on.

 

[Splat]

Re: Glad we just got recertified on man lifts this week - sad story

I'll have to see if I can find the pictures, my father was the ground safety guy a few years ago while his partner was installing a antenna on the side of the building. He went to move the lift when a abondended sewer under one of the tires collapsed. The only thing preventing the lift from flipping over was the basket against the side of the building.

Bill