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Posted By Des Daly
On site last week saw a Tower crane raising two bundles of re-bar slung at different height. Looked odd, so asked banksbloke about it. Conversation as follows:
Me: " Never seen that done before. Where did you learn to do that - CITB?
Him: " No, picked this up on site.I call this a 'chandelier lift'.
Me: Never heard of it. Is it safe?
Him: As houses - never gone wrong!
Crane Driver cut in over radio: What's he want?
Banksman: Asking about the chandelier lift. Never seen it before. Wonders if it's safe.
Crane Driver: Course it is. You learn something everyday. Who is he?
Him: Safety Officer
Me: No I'm not an officer. I dont officiate etc etc etc.
Him: ( mutter mutter rhymes with anchor, mutter mutter.
well I'm not too sure about this chandelier lift. Been trawling around to find out if it is acceptable/safe - still not . Can anyone help?
Why I thought it looked odd was that the person landing the first load could be hit by the load slung above it - seems a very real possibility to me.
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Posted By JamesK
I would like some information on this matter also. I work ni the steel industry and I only asked my manager the sam question two days ago. he informed me that this practice is ok when carried out properly...IE loads slung properly and safe and slings used are within the correct weight capacity. I was also thinking that this practice is unsafe. I think the idea is that the decking etc could be lowered into place and the worker could just follow the line back and lower as he went, thus saving time erturning many times for a load. Anyway, as I said, I would also like information on this as it is very unsafe in my opinion.
Cheers
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Posted By Gavin Gibson
Des
Discretion is the better part of valour.
If it looks dodgy it probably is!
There are many ways to save time, but this sounds like a risky approach, what happens if the second load is disturbed when unloading the first one?
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