neildundee
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Anybody got a decent method statement/risk assessment for loading/unloading lorry with palfinger crane,mines got slated
eh.........actually.:embarrest:
Think I posted a good while back a story of a site manager taking great delight in stopping a trucker in his tracks when he arrived on site after an over night from down south somewhere with his artic and crane, risk assessment, method statement and lifting plan. What they failed to take in to account was he wasn't allowed to climb on to the back of the low loader to sling it. At that time we were still hand balling our gear off the truck and were delighted to be told the same and only particular site trained personnel were allowed on the back of the truck to retrieve the gear. The only way we could think of getting round this especially with so many small lifts involved in scaffolding is to individually sling all the lifts as you fork them on to the truck then try and hook the loads with the crane a bit like fishing. Eventually he did relent and let us up with soft landing bags lined up against the truck but to be honest it's a total nightmare.
I dont know what the crack is with having to handrail a lorry to work off it...?
How many people have fell off a 4ft high lorry before?
I dont think ive ever heard of it, tbh.
I know there is a risk there, but no more/no less then having to walk through a site that is covered in shiit, like bricks, broken pallets, wood, metal and general rubbish everywhere.
Ive been on very few jobs that actually had decent house keeping, most are dangerous as f.uck.
i have knowen 2lads to fall of lorries , one broke 3 ribs and the other broke his leg easy done on a wet day