Physics at work

[joshuabardwell]

 

[k0ua]

They should sell tickets to that as a carnival ride. Call it "the tosser" or something.. I am thinking that broke a few OSHA rules. As well as a few common sense rules.

James K0UA

 

[joshuabardwell]

I am trying to figure out how he got the front wheels down.

And what did he hope to accomplish by raising the boom?

 

[RoyJackson]

There was an incident several years ago at a Defense contractor just north Baltimore. A man was running a machine very similar to the one shown in the video and when he ran across a speed bump (just outside a bay door to the plant), it jolted him forward hard enough to bruise his heart...killed him.
The manufacturer said this could never happen, so they recreated the same accident using the same machine. IIRC, a safety engineer was operating the machine. Same thing happened and he was killed as well...

 

[joshuabardwell]

There was an incident several years ago at a Defense contractor just north Baltimore. A man was running a machine very similar to the one shown in the video and when he ran across a speed bump (just outside a bay door to the plant), it jolted him forward hard enough to bruise his heart...killed him.

The first time I went up in a boom lift, it was a 60' or so lift, doing some work on the roof line of an aircraft hangar. (A certified operator was driving the lift--not me!) I was surprised to find out that it was safe to move the lift in the extended position, but it makes sense, as it would take forever to get anything done if you had to go down and back up again every time you moved. Nevertheless, the peril in this type of operation is obvious! Only turtle! Never rabbit! :laughing:

 

[LD1]

That was just too funny:laughing: Darwin almost claimed another:confused2:

There was an incident several years ago at a Defense contractor just north Baltimore. A man was running a machine very similar to the one shown in the video and when he ran across a speed bump (just outside a bay door to the plant), it jolted him forward hard enough to bruise his heart...killed him.
The manufacturer said this could never happen, so they recreated the same accident using the same machine. IIRC, a safety engineer was operating the machine. Same thing happened and he was killed as well...

I would have thought that they learned after the first time and used a test dummy or something:confused2:

Kinda like driving a car into a brick wall at 45mph and it kills the driver. Someone dont believe thats possible and does the same thing and gets killed too:confused2: How dumb can you be:confused2:

Those lifts are no joke. They are really heavy because they have to offset alot of leverage. If doing something stupid like that, that leverage works against you:thumbsup:

 

[RoyJackson]

That was just too funny:laughing: Darwin almost claimed another:confused2:



I would have thought that they learned after the first time and used a test dummy or something:confused2:

I would have too...but they didn't.
I know the company since it was the first place I worked after leaving the Navy...still had some contacts there. I didn't know the man who was killed though.

 

[hosspuller]

That "crash dummy" should have been wearing a fall protection harness and be secured to the manlift. Any boom lift can pitch a man like a pea from a spoon.

See >> OSHA Section 1926.453(b)(2)(v) provides that employees must be tied-off "when working from an aerial lift."

 

[SPYDERLK]

I am trying to figure out how he got the front wheels down.

And what did he hope to accomplish by raising the boom?

That was just too funny:laughing: Darwin almost claimed another:confused2:



I would have thought that they learned after the first time and used a test dummy or something:confused2:

Kinda like driving a car into a brick wall at 45mph and it kills the driver. Someone dont believe thats possible and does the same thing and gets killed too:confused2: How dumb can you be:confused2:

Those lifts are no joke. They are really heavy because they have to offset alot of leverage. If doing something stupid like that, that leverage works against you:thumbsup:

Needs a float option and a caster.
larry

 

[Soundguy]

at work we have to run a jib lift sometimes to get to lighting on 2 and 3 story ceilings... ugh.. hate them things...