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Found out my daily walkaround is missing a huge safety step
Was flipping through the OSHA crane safety guide last night and saw that 40% of crane tip-overs happen because of bad outrigger setup on unstable ground. I've been checking my rigging but barely looking at the soil under my pads. Who else got trained to just throw down some timbers and call it good?
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skyler_jackson271d ago
20 years running cranes and I've never had an outrigger sink because I actually take the time to probe the ground with a steel rod first. Throwing down timbers without checking for soft spots or underground voids is just asking for trouble. Maybe the real safety step is knowing your ground before you even unload the pads.
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stellaperry1d ago
My buddy had a similar thing happen on a job site once, except it was a buried septic tank nobody knew about - ground looked fine until the crane shifted. @skyler_jackson27, have you ever run into something like that where the probe didn't catch it but it was still a problem?
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miles_hall1d ago
Nah, probing works great until you hit a hollow spot that sounds fine but collapses under 50 tons of iron. Bet that septic tank gave your buddy a real "what the hell" moment. Probably made for a good story later though, assuming nobody got flattened.
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