i know that this safety 101, i used to deliver trusses and had a crane to lift them. granted they were not as heavy as a concrete wall, but they can knock someone off a house (i did that one time, luckily they fell onto a huge sand pile – nobody got hurt).
in most cases there is a tender line for corrections as the wall is moved. curious is to where the wall was at during the fall time? in the air or on the ground, because they could have been trying to put up the support beams and the rope harness may have given way.
It would be useful to know at what point in teh installation they were at and what protective measures were being taken. It’s different if the wall was in the initial stages of being moved and the worker violated the clear-zone, or there was no clear-zone established or if they were in the final stages of installation and the wall fell, if they were using taglines – there’s so much involved that this article doesn’t cover. It’s more of a tease than an article.
It seems like if there was a crane working nearby, you would not be standing within falling distance of the wall. Still, it’s sad to see that someone died on the job. Working with concrete is rough enough without something like that happening.
Construction Safety 101: Do not stand beneath pre-fabricated concrete walls suspended by a crane. If they should fall, you will be crushed to death.
i know that this safety 101, i used to deliver trusses and had a crane to lift them. granted they were not as heavy as a concrete wall, but they can knock someone off a house (i did that one time, luckily they fell onto a huge sand pile – nobody got hurt).
in most cases there is a tender line for corrections as the wall is moved. curious is to where the wall was at during the fall time? in the air or on the ground, because they could have been trying to put up the support beams and the rope harness may have given way.
It would be useful to know at what point in teh installation they were at and what protective measures were being taken. It’s different if the wall was in the initial stages of being moved and the worker violated the clear-zone, or there was no clear-zone established or if they were in the final stages of installation and the wall fell, if they were using taglines – there’s so much involved that this article doesn’t cover. It’s more of a tease than an article.
It seems like if there was a crane working nearby, you would not be standing within falling distance of the wall. Still, it’s sad to see that someone died on the job. Working with concrete is rough enough without something like that happening.