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I finally saw what happens when you skip daily crane inspections
Been running a Grove RT530E for 5 years at the Port of Savannah and always did the AM walk-around. Three months ago I got lazy for two weeks, skipped the wire rope check. Ended up with a kinked cable that cost $1,200 to replace and a full day of downtime. Has anyone else had a close call from rushing through the pre-shift stuff?
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cameronb522d agoMost Upvoted
Read a safety report that said kinked cables cause like 15% of crane accidents.
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james_ramirez1d ago
Yeah @cameronb52 skipped mine once and the wire rope frayed just barely missed the operator cab window. What kind of visual checks do you do on the sheaves before you fire it up?
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