Posted By Andrew Powell We have an overhead track system for moving lamb carcasses. The carcasses hang on a bar which has five small hooks welded to it.bar etc is called a "star hook". Star hook is suspended on the overhead track by a second single hook with a bogey + wheels etc. The hazard is a simple one: If employees move several empty starhooks together it is likely that one or more will fall off. Before I carry on, PPE is being used for the short term. The christams tree hooks cannot be welded/fixed to the rail/small hook for various reasons. The solution then as I see it would be to retro fit a clip/sprung gate guard etc etc to the small hook..Problem solved, or is it. Has anyone solved a similar issue, must be permanent solution, obviously, and cost effective.....any engineering idea's or do I have it right in which case, get on with it. I would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks in anticipation Regards Andrew

Posted By Andrew Powell Hi Simon, thanks for responding. To clarify, technically there is only a problem when employees move more than 2 hooks at a time this is when they (as you rightly say), get tangled and fall, also if they push too hard the hooks will swing and subsequently fall off. The track is manual, requiring labour to push each laden starhook to its destination. The employees have been educated in the correct techniques however, the risk is still high for new employees and the usual human behaviour factors of stress/tiredness etc. The idea of separators between each carrier to limit tangles and pitch is a good one. If any company out there utilises such a system for moving carcasses or similar please let me know I would like to see it. Regards Andrew