RollOver Pete
Senior Member
Here's the latest on the excavator accident.
This isn't official, it's just what the job superintendent shared with me.
The accident happened first thing in the morning. Meaning that the bucket became detached as the operator had the machine swing to the left and into the ditch. It appears that prior to moving the machine that the operator did not check the coupler making sure that it was locked and good to go. From experience I know that a coupler just does not bleed off and detach. But somehow this particular coupler did bleed off and did detach. Why and how? It seems that the safety device that keeps that from happening must have been tampered with or removed. Not good. Anyways, like I said, this isn't in any way official, it's just what the job super told me when I asked.
This isn't official, it's just what the job superintendent shared with me.
The accident happened first thing in the morning. Meaning that the bucket became detached as the operator had the machine swing to the left and into the ditch. It appears that prior to moving the machine that the operator did not check the coupler making sure that it was locked and good to go. From experience I know that a coupler just does not bleed off and detach. But somehow this particular coupler did bleed off and did detach. Why and how? It seems that the safety device that keeps that from happening must have been tampered with or removed. Not good. Anyways, like I said, this isn't in any way official, it's just what the job super told me when I asked.