kshansen
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2012
- Messages
- 11,167
- Location
- Central New York, USA
- Occupation
- Retired Mechanic in Stone Quarry
I have worked with some guys that doing that job could very well result in an injury... I guess we would look pretty foolish if a guy did get hurt and the only reason was we thought the job was to minor to do a hazard assessment. Trust me I agree some jobs maybe shouldn't require one, but if you don't do one for all jobs how do you determine what jobs require one and what jobs don't. I find that the most dangerous people to work with are the ones that have that "it will never happen" attitude
Guess things are very different where I work. 99% of the time I'm working by myself in the shop at the quarry doing maintenance and or repairs on everything from walk behind lawn mower to 773G Cat haul trucks. Say one of those haul trucks came in for routine service, oil and filter change. While doing that I check tire pressures and find one of the rear inner duels to have a leaking valve core. At your location would I then need to call John and have you come out and discuss the hazards involved in removing and replacing the core? Yes I do understand that there are several hazards, remove old core and it might fly out under pressure and hit me in the eye, airing up the tire after valve core is replaced could result in failure of lock ring and so on. Just seems like this would be covered by say monthly training in proper work practices for a mechanic.