Safety Rope for MEWP

[wood cutter]

Crazy just crazy! You do what makes you feel safe! Il do what makes me feel safe!

 

No one ever died from being safe! I personally think that you should be assessing the sites for traffic ground heave under ground services ect. Like you probably do to asses what additional controls can be put in place.

 

Good luck and stay safe.

[Stock]

Here come the Fun-Police

 

Me!!! never.............

[Billhook]

Rope yourself to the basket, not the tree, I always carry an abseil rope in case of mewp failure, and would use this to get down if there was a big problem.

Make sure the ground staff can operate the mewp from below if needed.

 

 

Yes I see in the training manual this is the perceived wisdom but I would feel much happier to have a stout rope attached to a secure point above me, long enough to reach the floor and close enough to catch hold of should an incident like this occur. A belt and braces approach.

 

If you attach yourself to the basket you are bound to go down with it.

 

Two men thrown 25ft to floor after bus hits cherry picker in Tunbridge Wells | Kent and Sussex Courier

 

or this

 

Tree surgeons hurt in cherry picker plunge at Milborne St Andrew (From Dorset Echo)

 

Don't you think that these men would have had a fair chance of avoiding serious injury if they had such a system?

[geoff]

Yes I see in the training manual this is the perceived wisdom but I would feel much happier to have a stout rope attached to a secure point above me, long enough to reach the floor and close enough to catch hold of should an incident like this occur. A belt and braces approach.

 

If you attach yourself to the basket you are bound to go down with it.

 

Two men thrown 25ft to floor after bus hits cherry picker in Tunbridge Wells | Kent and Sussex Courier

 

or this

 

Tree surgeons hurt in cherry picker plunge at Milborne St Andrew (From Dorset Echo)

 

Don't you think that these men would have had a fair chance of avoiding serious injury if they had such a system?

 

I get what you are saying, & admit, going down in the basket has to be the worst outcome.

[Gnome]

I get what you are saying, & admit, going down in the basket has to be the worst outcome.

 

I would say going down out of the basket is the worst outcome.

[treequip]

Yes I see in the training manual this is the perceived wisdom but I would feel much happier to have a stout rope attached to a secure point above me, long enough to reach the floor and close enough to catch hold of should an incident like this occur. A belt and braces approach.

 

 

I am sure I have read that wrong cos that's just going to give you a real good rope burn before you fall to your death:thumbdown:

[Billhook]

I am sure I have read that wrong cos that's just going to give you a real good rope burn before you fall to your death:thumbdown:

 

The rope I am talking about is about two inches in diameter and hemp not nylon, like the ones used for climbing in gyms.

 

http://www.traditionalropecompany.co.uk/images/pic-04640.jpg

 

Did you never do rope climbing in the gym at school? It is not too hard to let yourself down slowly using your legs and body. Certainly preferable to falling!

 

If you are in a tree it may just let you guide yourself to a safe branch. If you are doing building maintenance then it is sometimes possible to "walk" down the wall.

[Philip Anderson]

The rope I am talking about is about two inches in diameter and hemp not nylon, like the ones used for climbing in gyms.

 

http://www.traditionalropecompany.co.uk/images/pic-04640.jpg

 

Did you never do rope climbing in the gym at school? It is not too hard to let yourself down slowly using your legs and body. Certainly preferable to falling!

 

If you are in a tree it may just let you guide yourself to a safe branch. If you are doing building maintenance then it is sometimes possible to "walk" down the wall.

 

I think when a MEWP goes over your not really going to have much time to grab a rope and let yourself down ,also if permanently attached to tree or building and the Mewp goes over you could be the link between the mewp and that object if you don't jump out of the cage cleanly.

Invest in a good set of pads set the machine up correctly including traffic cordon,and have a person on the ground familiar with the ground controls.

[Gnome]

The rope I am talking about is about two inches in diameter and hemp not nylon, like the ones used for climbing in gyms.

 

http://www.traditionalropecompany.co.uk/images/pic-04640.jpg

 

Did you never do rope climbing in the gym at school? It is not too hard to let yourself down slowly using your legs and body. Certainly preferable to falling!

 

If you are in a tree it may just let you guide yourself to a safe branch. If you are doing building maintenance then it is sometimes possible to "walk" down the wall.

 

Do you work for the SAS? I think if I came out with these techniques during my training I wouldn't have got to the multiple choice questions. It's quite a simple concept. Secure yourself to basket with an adjustable lanyard to stop you falling out the basket, do the job, lower and come out of the basket.

The basket is there to stop you from putting yourself in danger of a fall, going out of the basket increases the risk of you hurting yourself.

[geoff]

The rope I am talking about is about two inches in diameter and hemp not nylon, like the ones used for climbing in gyms.

 

http://www.traditionalropecompany.co.uk/images/pic-04640.jpg

 

Did you never do rope climbing in the gym at school? It is not too hard to let yourself down slowly using your legs and body. Certainly preferable to falling!

 

If you are in a tree it may just let you guide yourself to a safe branch. If you are doing building maintenance then it is sometimes possible to "walk" down the wall.

 

That is just a non starter on many levels mate.