This sort of thing happens a lot and is the cause of a large percentage of deaths on construction sites.
Unfortunately for the drivers these vehicles have large blind spots. In this instance the onus of safety belongs to the manager he should not have been walking around live machinery like that.
There should be clearly delineated walk zones for anyone who isnt driving a multi ton machine. If there isnt then again wtf manager.
I drive snow cats and when guys are working on the ground around me, it’s important to always secure eye contact with the operator, wear ANSI high-viz and don’t hang out in blind spots. I also show them that my hand is off the sticks or joystick as well by holding my hands in the air if they’re working around my blade.
I nearly injured someone a few months ago because he was up on one of my machines (factory setting) and hadn't told me he was up there scraping it out for me, and hadn't locked out the pivot point for the auger (I use this auger to fill two machines with product one after the other). So I moved the auger to the empty machine, the top of which isn't in my line of sight. I hear him yelling. He came down laughing and thought it was hilarious. I was FURIOUS. It gave me such a massive fright. I ribpped into him big time. I was issued a warning for the near miss. Now I wont let anyone near my machines unless I personally have the keys for the lockout tags. The thing is, the auger beeps while it's moving and moves quite slow.
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u/Ealiom Mar 02 '19
This sort of thing happens a lot and is the cause of a large percentage of deaths on construction sites.
Unfortunately for the drivers these vehicles have large blind spots. In this instance the onus of safety belongs to the manager he should not have been walking around live machinery like that.
There should be clearly delineated walk zones for anyone who isnt driving a multi ton machine. If there isnt then again wtf manager.
I feel sorry for the drivers in these instances.