It is never a site anyone wants to see and workers always wonder how these types of incidents can be avoided. Not even the best coveralls, hard hats, safety glasses, boots or any Personal Protective Equipment can save you from an explosion. We have to give respect to all the steel workers, because without them the oil and gas industry couldn’t be built. Train rails could’t be built, cars and planes would not exist. Anything structural is usually made from steel.
Watch as this massive crawler crane assisted by other mobile cranes help assemble this btidge in Spain. According to Ferrovial, the bridge spans approximately 369 feet (110 meters) and the deck is suspended by hangers from two arches. Each arch is composed of two tubes joined together by diaphragms every 6.5 feet (2 meters) and then filled with concrete. The deck is composed of a metal grid covered with a slab of reinforced concrete. Self-compacting concrete with a compressive strength of 7,251.9 psi (50 MPa) was used on the bridge.
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how strong you are, the Auger will sometimes win. Whether you have your best steel toe boots, gloves, and personal protective equipment on, the auger torque can be a lot to handle.
Having one crane on a barge can be sketchy enough, two cranes on a barge is even more dangerous. The placement of the cranes on a barge is critical as its all about buoyant stability. The load, rigging and hoisting are minor factors conpared to the total weight of both cranes. They were obviously positioned too far on one side as you can see the barge tip as they bring the load over the middle.
An incredible video of Japanese firefighter training. This impressive display of skill performed by firefighters shows how its possible to rescue people in confined space, high low and vertical angle rescues. Fully equipped with scott air packs, self tied harnesses and pulleys, they are able to practice rescues in record time. Maybe we could learn a few things from these guys.
Ever tried the hard hat challenge? It doesn’t work well for these workers. Whether they are using a shovel, 2×4 or a skateboard, it doesn’t always work out as planned. Maybe a little more on the job planning would help?
Watch as these brave linemen try to secure a power line. Elevated by two man buckets from their boom truck, the line creates a flash explosion. Luckily they are ok.
This new app device allows you to look through your walls. Works much better than a stud finder. You can not only see cross beams but also wire or anything else hiding behind your walls. This new device is a carpenters best friend. A must have tool in your tool box.
This is a great video that shows hard work and great accomplishments of contruction workers, Ironworkers crane operators and trade workers finishing a very cool project. The rigging used to build this bridge must have been huge.
Mini Excavators are excellent machines. They can be used to a variety of different uses such as, trenching, digging, lifting laods, stripping and so on. There are also a variety of different attachments that can be used for different jobs. Such as diging bucket, ripper tooth, ditching bucket, root rake and more. This video explains the basic operating functions of how to operate the machine.
