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Warning from a safety officer at my last job site
A safety guy at the port in Norfolk pulled me aside last month and said my rigging inspection routine was missing the most important thing. He pointed out I never checked the sling angle tags on my load charts before lifts. Now I double check that every morning before first hookup. Has anyone else gotten feedback that made you completely change your pre-lift checklist?
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loganburns17d ago
Learned that same lesson the hard way years ago when I nearly overloaded a chain.
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joseph_coleman17d ago
That's a solid catch. A lot of folks overlook those sling angle tags because they think they know the angles by eye. But a few degrees off can really screw with the load rating and put stress where it shouldn't be. Good on that safety officer for pointing it out. I'd bet a lot of near misses happen just because someone skipped that one simple check.
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