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Workplace Safety or Ingenuity

05/18/2014 3:23 PM

Just thought I 'd Share this email from my Brother:

A reader in South Africa has sent us photographs of a truly
radical piece of ladder application engineering.
Possibly one of the craziest Death Wish entries we have seen in
some time. The men are painting the church clock tower in the
northern town of Mussina, (previously Messina) South Africa
on the border with Zimbabwe.
The first glimpse looks bad enough, the man is clearly on a long
ladder at some height and trying to rub down and paint.

You might think that this is simply man on a long ladder doing
a job that requires two hands?


The ladder is though longer than you might think, the one the
man is on is not resting on the ground..

....However the base of the ladder is not on the ground, it is
supported by this cantilever and human counterweight
It is in fact balanced on a cantilever arm created out of planks
with a human counterweight sitting on them while footing
the ladder with a rope. If you thought that was crazy it doesn't
end there, back up a little and you see the it goes on

Step back and you can see the contraption these two
have devised
And on .

..Although not quite, the first ladder is even longer!
definite Death Wish
What ingenuity! The chances of this going wrong are about
as high as they go, In fact we wonder which route up the
ladder our man took? Did he climb the outward facing
second stage? or did he clamber over the
human counterweight?
You could call it a Stairway to Heaven...

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05/18/2014 6:24 PM

Found it....

http://www.vertikal.net/en/news/story/13244/

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Re: Workplace Safety or Ingenuity

05/18/2014 6:25 PM

As JoaT suggested, none of rhe pics appeared. First, save them to your hard disk. Then post them, using the grren camera icon, but using the images ON YOUR PC, NOT web URLs. Sometimes they work, but mostly they don't.

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05/18/2014 10:23 PM

Sorry about that but they do show up here in NA. Solar eagle has the url link.

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05/18/2014 6:54 PM

Did you read the comments at the bottom of the news article?

"Stairway to Heaven."
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05/18/2014 7:49 PM

Having climbed quite a few ladders in my day, especially when the wife wants the house painted again, I truly am impressed with the rigging these "gentlemen" "riggers" dubious blessed people have developed and utilized this compound device. Inexpensive, it is a lot cheaper than a platform lift or a 100 ton hydraulic crane. The components are readily available, doesn't need any special road permits for wide loads or heights, and only needs two people to operate it. Doesn't even need an oiler like cranes do. It doesn't take up much side walk area although a Caution sign might enrich the photos. Don't need outriggers or any other leveling devices such as a crane would or a platform lifts if it was working on sloped area. Best of all though is it doesn't need an extension cord to operate.

I am so impressed I don't know whether to award them a suggestion prize, a patent or have Dave Letterman make up a "top 10" list for them. Certainly not a safety violation ticket!

Good Luck, Old Salt

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05/19/2014 6:39 AM

A simple link to a website would not constitute a copyright infringement, for future reference...

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05/19/2014 7:33 AM

Hey at least he has some fall protection on. Don't know that I would trust some one to just hold it. Hope it tied off some where.

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05/19/2014 11:31 AM

What are the chances that in about ten to fifteen minutes a tragic series of events occur where he dies not from the fall, but from having an AC unit fall on top of him?

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05/19/2014 11:45 AM

Reckon they have to do that every time it runs 5mins fast, or only twice a year for day-light saving adjustment?

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