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c/concrete-finishers•the_rubythe_ruby•21d ago

Warning: pump line blew on a 9th floor pour in Seattle

We were running a 60 meter boom pump on a high rise last month and the line coupling let go mid pour, sprayed slurry all over the rebar and a guy's truck below. The foreman just said "clean it up fast" but the concrete had already started skinning on the rebars, and we had to jackhammer out 4 cubic yards. Have any of you dealt with a sudden line failure mid-pour and how do you pre-check those couplings now?
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gracec16
gracec1618d ago
Four cubic yards of jackhammering just from one coupling? That's insane.
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