09.03.2011

No slings? Make your own

A reader from the USA has sent us an example of what some riggers will get up to when the right equipment is not to hand.

We don’t have the full details of where this happened, probably for good reason thought to be on a large site the two riggers were connecting up what looks like some kind of pile puller other heavy attachment and having no purpose made slings to hand decided to use a length of old cable in multiple wraps with the ends clamped together. Please register to see all images

Putting the final touches to a new sling

Fortunately they were spotted and before the crane lifted anything and the makeshift slings substituted for something more suitable for the job.

The moral of story is that jobs need proper planning so that the right equipment is on hand. If not people on site will understandably find alternatives which are not always safe.