be carefull!!!!

[paul maxwell]

this happened to two linemen during a planned outage,the basket was rated at 200kg,both linemen fully suited and booted where 191kg so there was 9kg of play and were within the SAFE WORKING LOAD,so my question is dose any one know the factor they use to get the safe working load for one of these machines?btw both guys ok with no injurys at all:D

[Rob]

We don't have any trucks with that type of boom here.

Max, Who is the manufacturer??

Glad both men were Ok

[paul maxwell]

Not quiet sure rob but do know it was Italian made then brought over and mounted on a 110 series land rover defender,will try and get manufacturer and model

[bren guzzi]

Pin angle makes me suspicious .. ;)

[paul maxwell]

Picts not in order bren(my fault),I think your referring to why ther is a channel on then it isn't ,the boom failed BEFORE the guys got to that position,I am told the rest of the work was carried out from the pole the old way(spikes)buy another lineman

[Hebrew]

Can I save one of there pictures for some training I will be doing at the start of the new year?Training for PPE.

[paul maxwell]

Of course Hebrew ,if it helps educate then carry on mate,got told today that the company that makes these has admitted liability and has recalled ALL these boom types back to Italy

[rob8210]

Scary! I hope the fellas are ok, underwear doesn't count. The equipment we use over here is built with a 2:1 stability rating and I believe a 5:1 safety factor.

[paul maxwell]

Thanks rob,someone said they thought it was a 5.1 safety factor (because it is a man basket),that would mean that the max of this arm and basket would be 1000kg before it buckled.

[Hebrew]

Thanks,Max!And I am happy that the manufacturer is being responsible!

[BigClive]

Or it may be that the management don't want charged with manslaughter if one fails and kills someone. I can't even start to imaging the costs associated with shipping a load of heavy vehicles back to Italy to get retrofitted with new custom built metalwork. Not fun for the manufacturer at all.

[paul maxwell]

Reply to rob,found out the name of the manufacture of this boom,it is an Italian based company called CMC the model is a ATP 145,these are widely avaliable for hire in Britain,I also seen from there website they do sell to America,so keep your eyes open!!

[mscheuerer]

Paul/All here is some additional info (I think) regarding the "buckling" of that type/series of boom.

http://www.vertikal.net/en/news/story/18901/

Stay Safe Out There.
-M

[paul maxwell]

Thanks mike,much appreciated buddy:)

[Rob]

Reply to rob,found out the name of the manufacture of this boom,it is an Italian based company called CMC the model is a ATP 145,these are widely avaliable for hire in Britain,I also seen from there website they do sell to America,so keep your eyes open!!

Thanks Paul

[Alexyikes00]

Wow.. Glad they got out ok.. And good thing the manufacturer is taking responsibility of this!