I work on these daily. Mainly Genie and Skyjack. 30 footers up to the 135 footers. Always get a thrill testing them after I repair them. I'm in northwest Indiana and I can get above the treeline with the 80s and see Chicago over the lake.
Hey there fellow Hoosier, I've probably used a few of your lifts in my line of work. Thought it was funny this guy was more keen on climbing down to his coworker then waiting on the ladder truck that could have reached him lol
@@spdwebdotnet Those guys were his friends and they were calling him down, But I noticed the rescue rig was smaller than the rig that was broke it was at its maximum heights, Very friggin dangerous For everybody involved, Except the hooking ladder they were far enough away and you are right he'd probably been safer getting in it. But adrenaline will make you do a lot of things you shouldn't do
@@billcarruth8122 You NEVER walk under a suspended load.......NEVER. A 60foot Genie weighs almost 50000 pounds and they could have walked around the back of the unit instead of under the baskets. I've worked around these machine for decades. Those firefighters aren't too bright.🤔
@@billcarruth8122 33 year high voltage electrician in the petrochemical industry. I've seen MORE than my share of occupational stupidity...enough to last a LIFETIME. ⚡⚡✨✨
The lift actually wasn't damaged. He was moving the lift and one of the wheels fell into a diamond plate utility box cover because the lid was not designed for that kind of weight. He was very lucky.
@@lowkeygato2133 when he was working he had his deck up against the side of that building. He was working on the window framing. So when that tire went through that utility vault door, you know it threw him back and forth several times. Look how far away he is from the building right now.
Probably didn't want to move it because any shift in weight could make it fall over if it's stuck in that utility hole. I doubt he was that worried. They're used to being up high like that.
Im in these all the time at work, you have to respect the machine and know what you are driving on. Probably should have been in the street with it flagged off. The streets are rated for a semi truck and trailer, the sidewalk a mother pushing a stroller and walking the dog😅
Where I was working at the time, we had a rental boom lift delivered. The driver was explaining the controls to me and stated that this machine would reach 110 feet. I instantly replied, "Not with this White man in it!"
Mike 44460, I worked construction as a pipefitter Pipe welder four 30 years I feel you brother, I had some very bad experiences With those man lifts. I had to work with the foreman's son we had a man left that went almost a 100 feet like the one you're talking about, He was on drugs of course and wanted to run the machine I said I don't Think so ,then I let him do it anyway He got the cage in a Bind against the steel and I could feel the hydraulic's pushing I said you're gonna get us killed. He said I'll get us out of here and I said no not with me in this basket, I am not a good high man but the catwalk was close enough and I was scared enough that I climbed out of the basket on the outside of the walkway and got to safety. It wasn't 2 seconds after I got on the platform then he pushed it just a little bit too much and it came off of the steel and shot him up in the air about 2 feet, Now I know it scared him but even though I wasn't in the cage it made me sick to my stomach. I've worked 30 years at industrial construction and it Has given me PTSD I have a lot of Nightmares about these kind of things, And I'm freaking almost 72 years old. You did the right thing, if your the lest bit unsure don't do
@terryandrews7271 Exactly, it is a terrible tragedy to learn someone died because they went to work. I "never" got in a lift without my harness on 100% and secured to the basket. One time, we had a massive water leak in the ceiling, GM plants ran everything overhead. The place was flooding, but they had to wait until I had my harness on. If I didn't have it on and something happened, NO one would stick up for me, pass out the life jackets! I rented a lift here at home to clean the gutters. I'm retired, but I still have my harness and retractor and used them, not worth it. The harness was issued to me when I was hired. I never left it out, always locked up, and never used by anyone but me. Be safe, brother.
@@Mike44460 Good for you brother, There's a lot of Lifts, Scissor lifts all kinds of unsafe equipment in my opinion. We were working at proctor gamble and it was up against the ceiling that gave us a crummy little sizzler left the higher you got it up the more it swayed it was very unstable, The safety person was a young girl she came over and told me that I would be fired if I didn't hook up my harness To the railing on the Lift, I learned to be very independent after a few years I told her to get my money I was quitting well someone talked to her said I was a good worker. She wanted to know why I would not hook app my safety belt I said if this rig falls Uber from 40 feet or whatever I'm gonna ride it to the floor and hopefully right before it hits I will be able to jump out and maybe I will not be crushed. She said that was a big gamble I said staying hooked up to the machine and it falls from 30 or 40 or 50 feet it's a very big gamble. Anyway I'm here to tell the story and that's just the way I felt about it some of the safety s*** is almost more dangerous They're not using it. Have a good one brother be safe God speed
I live on a lift for my Fire sprinkler job. This is the worst case scenario. It looks like he’s well prepared. He needs to go play the lottery. He’s as lucky as one can get
And that’s the reason why I always wear a safety harness when operating a boom lift. I’ve been up as high as 120 feet in a lift. The stuff on the ground looks awfully small when you’re up in that basket.
... no Shyt! Man I once got on a large boom lift, to service a CCTV camera, that was mounted on the side of a large American Airline's hanger, at DFW Airport. It was a little breezey that day, but when you are fully extended with the boom, some 90ft in the air, it's scary as hell 😵 This was at one of their large hangers, where they could park like 2 Boeing Jumbos side by side, wing tip to wing tip inside this Enormous hanger. I'd never been so scared 😱 in my life, I was in my late 20's, working for GE Computer Services. I nearly pissed my pants, it was a white knuckle ride, with 3 of us on the platform. The platform could easily hold 8 or 10 people on it, that's how large this boom was.
Bad pre-con planning. Anytime i am working in a established urban environment with “real” heavy equipment, i always walk and take pics and draw up a map for myself on any manhole, electrical vault cover, catch basin or anything whatsoever that is not straight hardscape. This happens more than it should.
I drove by this job site daily for awhile. The same guys were up there fully boomed up and lightning and thunder was poppin off. No sure if it was before or after this incident… I remember just being like wtffff.
That lifter probably weighs around 16t its a biggy! The guy probably had his harness clipped like he should have otherwise he'd probably been catapulted out of it when it whent through the floor. Lucky!
The man in the orange lift risked his life to save that man , the blue lift if it had fallen could have taken the orange lift with it. I worked construction work for 40 years it is very dangerous at times , paying attention at ALL times is a must.
These machines are heavy tires are solid filled to hold machine down be aware when moving don't drive over man hole covers /soft ground or cesspool areas
Good Ol’ JLG to the rescue. I know the brand has nothing to do with the hidden sink hole that this guy found. But really tho Genie lifts are junk hahaha glad this dude is ok
I used to do cell towers, everywhere in the nation except Las Vegas you would normally climb, but in Vegas its man lifts only, scariest shit ever, rather be on the tower.
The firefighters came up in their bucket just in time to watch the dude climb into the other workers bucket. Dude in the other bucket was like, why are those dudes wasting their time, I got this.
The guy was working on the sidewall installing window frame parts or something on a new building. He moved the unit over some steel plate doors that went to an underground utility vault . The steel plate doors were not strong enough to support the weight of the unit and one wheel fell in tossing the bucket and the employee about 40 feet away from the wall. Emergency vehicles showed up to retrieve the employee but another man lift retrieved him first
First lesson, what you see on the surface isn't nessecarily what's under the ground. Check all along where you are going to travel a MEWP (Mobile Elevated Working Platform) Fortunatley the guy did have the sense to wear a harness. As the arm whips the major danger is you get thrown out of the basket.
I would imagine he got bounced back and forth inside that thing a few times. When I got onscene he was sitting low on the deck and not moving. I originally thought he was injured.
Looks like a couple of plucked turkeys on the sidewalk. Too much load. Too little substrate integrity. Poor operator. Tower Crane should have been on it with a sling. Scary.
He was working on those windows on the side of the building. He was moving from one window to another and drove over a utility Vault lid. The utility lid could not support the weight and one of the wheels went into the utility vault. That caused the bucket to swing away from the building and throwing him back and forth inside the bucket with sure violence. Hopefully he retired those underwear he was wearing...
@@towtrkdug43 Yes, its in the title .... I was making a point about how far this was filmed from. Lost on you though ....... I understand why you have towtrk in your name now.
@towtrkdug43 lmaoo dummy, that's the joke. If you worked with these daily, you would know that anytime things go wrong on those types of machinery, someone is always there to be like, "Did you do a pre use?" It's the joke. A pre use woulda done nothing. You slow.
Its a standard rescue, incase of an accident you need another lift to carryout a basket to basket rescue should be covered under the risk assesment.. It looks like he may not have carried out a detailed inspection of ground conditions. In the EU it is law to harness yourself in one of those 3 a and 3b machines as you can be potentially catapulted out of it according to IPAF rules.
I bet he got bounced around in there pretty good. The whole time I was there he was sitting down and glued to the floor. He wasn't moving so I thought he was hurt but he moved as soon as help arrived.
Erm using these for years , when your 28 meters up and realise you need to jib out and that fucker pops out at 100mph while auto leveling is some next level momentary fear
