I've done 3 rescues at height in my career. Two were guys on 2 separate structural steel jobs in harnesses that I sent the hook to and lowered them to the ground. One of them was a new guy that panicked and was totally frozen in a really bad place. One of the connectors rigged him up and away we went. Another was a connector in the middle of a steel truss pulling on a pry bar like a lunatic and went ass over tea kettle backwards off the iron. None of them were in the harness longer than 2 or 3 minutes.The 3rd was a mancage full of guys at shift change stalled half way up a 300-foot-deep shaft on the Deep Tunnel project just outside of Chicago. The crane that was hoisting the cage broke down and left them stranded. We had 2 cranes on site, one was a hydro crane that handled the mancage and light picks and mine which was a large crawler crane for the heavy lifts. We lowered the foreman down in a small work deck with a large choker and shackle that was also hung in my hook. He rigged the mancage to my crane and transferred himself to the mancage. I then hoisted the whole shooting match and landed it all to the side of the shaft.
@@LiftingandRigging I was trained from the beginning in most everything my union and its training program had learned over many decades. A solid training program that to this day attempts to cover most any situation that may arise. I was a crane instructor at Local 150 ASIP for the last 9 years before I retired. Even as a retiree, I still give lectures at our training site a few times a year. So yes, I pretty much knew what to do and both instructed and learned more at our weekly safety meetings throughout my career. As might be expected in a 40+ year career, I have found myself in bad situations quite a few times over the years and am proud to say, though frightened and nervous, I never panicked because I always had some kind of idea on what to do and what not to do.
@@Craneman4100w Sounds like your union had a great training program. I think that you are a great case study on the importance of extensive training, planning, and lifelong learning. Here at Mazzella, being a lifelong learner is a core value that we try to instill not only internally, but in our customers as well. Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences! Sounds like you had the opportunity to pass down some of that knowledge before retiring. Enjoy retired life! 🫡
