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The day I learned to trust the load chart over the foreman's 'gut feeling'
About three years ago on a site in Tacoma, a foreman kept pointing and yelling 'You got room, swing it in!' as I was placing a big HVAC unit on a tight roof. I went with his call, ignoring that nagging feeling from my chart. The rigging brushed a scaffold pole, and we had to stop everything for a safety check. Now, I keep my chart right in the cab and point to the numbers before I move a thing. Anyone else have a story about when they finally stopped taking the loudest advice?
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blair39615d ago
That's a solid lesson learned the hard way. Charts exist for a reason, they're based on math not mood. Good on you for making it a rule now.
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