Heard a Foreman Say He Always Double-Checks the Load Chart Before Rigging

I was on a job site last Tuesday in Detroit and overheard this old foreman telling a younger guy to ALWAYS pull the load chart before even touching the rigging. He said he saw a crane tip once because someone eyeballed the radius and thought it was fine. That stuck with me because I've definitely been guilty of just trusting my memory on numbers. He also said to write down the weight and radius on a sticky note and put it on the dash. Anyone else have a close call from skipping the chart?

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linda62626d ago

Sticky note on the dash works because grease wipes off before your memory does.

david12326d ago

My uncle was a foreman in Toledo and he had a sticky note system too, he laminated the charts and taped them inside the cab of every crane he ran. It sounds over the top but he said it saved him more than once when the mental math got fuzzy.

terryrobinson26d ago

Hate to say it but your uncle might've been onto something bigger than just backup math. I've seen guys get tunnel vision in the cab and totally blank on numbers they'd know cold on the ground, having a physical note there you can touch seems to snap you back better than trying to pull it from your head. The laminating part is genius too, keeps the grease and sweat from ruining the reference when you need it most.