Included in the June 2012 IVES Update Newsletter are the following topics: a Sneak Preview of our new website, our Open Enrollment Program Calendar, an Ask Bob question pertaining to aerial boomlifts, an Incident Report regarding a forklift accident, a new What’s Wrong With This? and an Answer to Last Month’s What’s Wrong With This?
Sneak Preview
We are extremely excited to inform you that we are launching a new website very soon!
There will be lots of new features, a striking new color scheme and a cool new layout. Don’t worry though, everything you loved about our old website will still be in place.
A few points to note:
- The member login will be moving to the top right corner of the home page.
- The program calendar will now have two layout options- a list view and a calendar view.
- A revised version of TrainTrak will be rolled out, as well.
P.S. As part of our new site launch we will be holding a draw for some very cool prizes. All you have to do for a chance to win is Register or Order online. Good luck!
Sincerely,
The IVES Team.
Program Calendar
View our Canadian and US Training Program Calendar for a complete list of our 2012 programs.
Ask Bob
Hi Bob,
Is it OK to leave the platform of a boomlift while it is raised? My foreman says it is as long as you are stepping out onto a solid structure, but that doesn’t sound right to me. What do you think?
Andy.
Hi Andy,
Your foreman is both right and wrong. He’s right in saying that you can leave an elevated platform but as for stepping onto a solid structure he’s wrong. There are actually two things to consider before you leave an elevated boomlift platform:
- Look in the manufacturer’s manual and find out if they say it is OK. If not, end of story, you don’t leave. If the manufacturer does allow it, the manual may include instructions on how and when. Be sure to follow those instructions.
- You must be tied off 100% of the time if you are exposed to a fall. That means you are wearing a full body harness with a lanyard connected to the manufacturer’s anchor point on the machine while you go up, then you have to take a second lanyard connected to your harness and connect it to an approved anchor point outside of the platform before you undo the lanyard connected to your boomlift and exit.
Also, remember that an aerial boomlift is a free standing structure and should remain that way so don’t land the platform on a rooftop or allow any part of the machine to come into contact with anything else otherwise the machine could get hung-up or snagged.
Bob.
Bob is our resident expert on all things technical, login to e-mail Bob with any technical questions you may have.
Incident Report
Forklift Operator Electrocuted in Accident
Lake Placid – June 01 2012
A man was injured Friday morning in a grove after a forklift became entangled in power lines and caught fire.
Around 10 a.m. Friday, Highlands County Sheriff’s Office Central Dispatch received a call that a forklift operator working in a grove off State Road 70 East near Lake Placid entangled the machine in power lines and it was on fire.
A coworker of the operator was shocked badly as he attempted to extinguish the fire.
The victim was transported to Florida Hospital Lake Placid where he is currently being treated, the sheriff’s office reported. The full extent of his injuries is unknown at this time.
Detectives are investigating this as an industrial accident. No further details are available at this time, according to the sheriff’s office.
Source: www.highlandstoday.com
What’s Wrong With This?
We’re throwing you an easy one this month. We just had to show you this picture!
Don’t try this at home (or work), folks.
Answer to Last Month’s What’s Wrong With This?
Q: Last month we asked you to spot how many things were wrong in the photo.
A: Here’s the four things you should have spotted:
- No seatbelt.
- Dragging forks.
- Hands on outside of overhead guard post.
- Mast tilted forward while traveling.
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