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ezdock is amazingly stable. This is still really stupid but not as completely as it seems.
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It ain't stupid if it works
Unless it's this
Maxim 43: If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky.
You forgot the bylaw: if you strap it down, tuck on the straps and in unison say "yup, that's not going anywhere", then your project can't fail.
They did strap the lift to the flotation device. So long as they remembered the sacred incantation, it's no longer stupid, reckless, or an OSHA violation.
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That is designed for that.
Right, each time I see this picture pop up, it's like the words barge and dredging don't exist. Like this thing is seen as some damn cast away raft or some shit. This is fine. It's just different.
If you showed a picture of a standard tower crane to someone with a decent understanding of physics but had never seen one before, they would similarly recoil and go "WTF why are you suspending a bunch of concrete blocks high in the sky on what looks like a pencil thin beam!" and it would take some explaining, OR it would take seeing it regularly for that person to become okay with it.
People don't see this every day, so they don't take it for granted, and therefore it looks insane. Just like tower cranes look insane.
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In the sense that something designed to carry 8,000lbs can probably actually handle 10,000lbs? Or in the sense that if they both died insurance would still pay out?
The floats are EZDocks, each with a carrying capacity of 3,000lbs, total capacity is 12,000lbs.
The lift is a JLG 3246es, which has a weight of less than 5,000lbs.
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Yes.
Life insurance wouldn't be the problem. The problem would be if they lived and were injured. That would be a work comp nightmare. Just imagining getting that call is giving me a headache.
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Could've sworn there was like an OSHA memes comm this would've been good for but can't find it now
Given that's now my field, why haven't I started that comm?! I'll get on it.
Link it when you've made it
I get that it looks risky, but I don't really see a problem here. The platform is in undisturbed water, no waves, no sudden changes. If the platform is strong enough, which it seems to be to me, it will not easily tip over.
I've worked on a few lifts like that, and if you manage to tip one over I can only say that you were either really stupid or you were trying to do it. All the weight is at the bottom. They are very stable.
The only way to make them fall over is if your floor is not level while driving. Driving is out of the question in this picture, and as long as both guys stay in the fork lift the center of gravity will not change much.
So the platform will not move, the lift will not move, basically they are fine.
If something was to happen you're fucked though.
And different solutions are available. I've personally been in a different lift that had an arm so the lift would be a the side of the pool and the part where I was standing was elevated above the water. That probably would be a better solution, if you have enough space to get one of those lifts in.
Disagree. The lift is on a gimbal. If the wheels on one side of the lift are 1cm higher than the other, that would move the platform at the top by 8cm or something. If both guys are on one side of the platform that could be enough to make the whole thing tilt by another 1cm at the wheels, and so on.
That lift is not designed to be operated on a plastic barge.
That dock is not designed to carry equipment, certainly not an elevated platform, and is not designed to be operated as a barge.
IDK why there's so many commenters here rushing to defend this kind of practice. Working at height, on equipment not intended for that application is a hard no. Why would you work for an employer that would put you in that situation? This kind of "it's probably fine" risk assessment is just absurd.
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...but, did it work?
Well, it did until it didn't
Trick is to finish the job before it starts didn't-ing
Make sure you have all your PPE.
Hard hat ✔️ Safety glasses ✔️ Swimmies ✔️
The only issue is they aren't wearing harnesses in case they fall off.
Given they are suspended over water, it may actually be better to not have the harness. If the whole thing were to tip the harness could get tangled and keep someone trapped under water.
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