130ft MEWP Fatality

[testcricket01]

Tragic news! This is exactly why i refuse to use mewps now there just not natural what they do how far they reach height they go etc etc

[High Scale]

BT recalled all their bucket trucks earlier this year, or was it last year? When a hoist boom cracked off, corrosion problem I was told.

Edited June 22, 2012 by High Scale

[Dak]

What the.......

[WoodED]

thank you for boosting my confdence in mewps.

tragic news. my thoughts go out to the two mens familys.

[Canal Navvy]

It would seem that that particular machine has failed in that position before. The previous owner was in the process of getting it factory repaired when he went bust. One would certainly hope that it hasn't had at least one L.O.L.E.R.

inspection without repair.

 

One has to feel desperately sorry for the victims,who would have had no idea of the machines history.

[WoodED]

It would seem that that particular machine has failed in that position before. The previous owner was in the process of getting it factory repaired when he went bust. One would certainly hope that it hasn't had at least one L.O.L.E.R.

inspection without repair.

 

One has to feel desperately sorry for the victims,who would have had no idea of the machines history.

 

how do you know this?

[Canal Navvy]

Reported in the construction index.

[Rich2484]

IMO if a machine fails like that it shouldn't be repaired, it should be scrapped and a new one put in its place.

[monkeybusiness]

This is a terrible story, extremely sad news. It is also very scary indeed. There is a bit more info on the incident here Fatal truck mount collapse in Glasgow | News | Vertikal.net giving some background to the machine's history.

Stay safe everyone, there is nothing more important than everybody going home at the end of the day.

[Pete Mctree]

A MEWP is a relatively safe machine. To put it in perspective, how many have failed over the last 10 years?

I think there is a culture of hating them " because I'm an invincible rock hard climber". I am a recovering member of this idiotic group.