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Originally posted by defcon65
We ditched the electric lift for a propane-powered, repaired the damage and made damn sure those tank collars were always installed.
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Wow, as a lift-truck salesman and ex-tech, all I can say is WOW. What should have been ditched is anyone who knew that this unit was flawed and did not take it out of service!
I shudder thinking about what could have happened! I laughed that they replaced the electric truck with LP as if a total disregard for safety and repair is more "OK" with an LP truck. LOL
I once rode an industrial floor scrubber through the wall of our shop because it had the same type of "shoot through" in its Curtis controller. Unfortunatly nobody had tagged it or locked it out assuming that "everyone" in the shop knew about the problem. Uhhhh....what about us field techs who only come to the shop occasionally?
The things that I have seen companies do over the years has been pretty awe inspiring. I was working on a 480v electric truck battery charger one day. It was wired into a quick disconnect control lever about two feet away. So, I threw the lever to "OFF" and stuck my hand into the charger and lit up like a CHristmas tree!!!! Turns out that the maintenance manager had bypassed the faulty switch and never replaced it. He had the balls to get sanctemonious with me saying that I should have checked it with my meter (which is true, I never made that mistake again) totally disregarding the fact that he had illegally tampered with a safety device in a public building.
One company had a large elevator in thier three or four story plant. One day, one of the employees tried to put a forklift in the elevator thinking that it weighed about the same as his car...........quick trip to the basement!
