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Posted By Melanie Fellows
One of our drivers had a bump in his fork lift truck - no injuries thankfully, however he has bent the safety cage a little near the bottom.
Our maintenance fitter bent it back into position, filled the area with weld and dressed it.
On completion he noticed a crack in the weld at the top of the cage, on closer inspection the crack is on two sides of the cage tubing.
He has duly repaired this area also by welding and dressing.
I am now a little nervous about putting the truck back into service even though he has thoroughly inspected the cage for any other damage.
When I have researched on the net about inspections (our is done by our insurers), there is no mention to the cage.
How do I know it is safe? Should I/ how should I get it tested?
Any help gratefully received.
Mel
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Posted By Bob Youel
be careful as you could spend lots of £ e.g. NDT the whole cage etc and get nowhere
If your maintenance person is competent have some trust in their judgement if they are not competent question 'why do you have them'
Additionally welding etc on safety critical parts requires insurance accredited persons so if in doubt talk to your insurers
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Posted By Melanie Fellows
Thanks Bob - I'll have a word with our insurers.
I wasn't sure what NDT would prove (the new welds look pretty good to me!).
Thanks again,
Mel
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Posted By LMR
i would contact my insurers and ask them; probably send them pictures and take their advice.
All of our site welders are now certified as competent and retested every 3 years so we can rely on their welds.
But if in doubt ask your insurers; it is what we pay them for - they are also the ones that will have to pay out if it is wrong! When they are happy I am happy!
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Posted By garyh
I think that a competent person should inspect it, ie someone who knows about such things (ie accident damage).
It's a bit like when you have a minor accident in your car - you can't see damage just by the layman looking at it; someone competent needs to inspect, measure things etc. It could be that the cage is damaged "invisibly" or other damage has occurred.
The question then is, is it safe to operate?
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Posted By Melanie Fellows
Thanks for the advice - you've confirmed my beliefs - I just didn't want to appear dramatic by relaying my fears and keeping the truck out of service.
The fork lift truck is staying out of service until it has been thoroughly inspected by our insurers (and I have the full backing of our MD).
Thanks to everyone,
Mel
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