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

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

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?