New record for most dangerous ladder usage - GIF

**Jon** · Dec 6, 2018, 01:29 PM

Not the first dangerous use of a ladder we've seen, but this may be our current record holder. Combining all of this unsafe use into a single 8-second GIF is actually quite a challenge.

Previously:

ladder walking - video
Foldup ladder - GIF
Cedar ladder - photo

**Toolmaker51** · Dec 6, 2018, 07:08 PM

Look up 'core drilling' and 'concrete coring machines'. I'm positive an 8" bit isn't going to get a bite and penetrate just pushed by hand, without water either. They aren't getting a cut, the human drill bushing would have face full of concrete dust.
A wall rig gets anchored. Common in tilt-ups adding door ways, electrics, ducting, and pipe.

**12bolts** · Dec 6, 2018, 11:17 PM

Looks like they may be just trying to "drill" the render. Perhaps there is just something very easy to work below that?

**mbshop** · Dec 7, 2018, 11:25 PM

Chisel and hammer would be faster

**Ralphxyz** · Dec 8, 2018, 05:55 PM

The way the tool moves at the end they are not getting any bite.

Ralph

**Jon** · Dec 19, 2018, 06:56 PM

**Frank S** · Dec 22, 2018, 05:17 PM

problem was they just didn't have any grip strength. Plus it would have been far safer to climb inside of the bucket 1 at a time.

**Toolmaker51** · Dec 19, 2018, 08:23 PM

So I tried googling "www.hoogwerkerhuren......"; .com, .nl, etc. Didn't run across pink aerial equipment. When I do, my responsible side says to email them and recommend a hank of suitable line or kit the rig with full climbing gear...
I'm guessing the pump motor stalled [or lost electrical power] and the platform's control panel couldn't respond.

**Frank S** · Dec 19, 2018, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

So I tried googling "www.hoogwerkerhuren......"; .com, .nl, etc. Didn't run across pink aerial equipment. When I do, my responsible side says to email them and recommend a hank of suitable line or kit the rig with full climbing gear...
I'm guessing the pump motor stalled [or lost electrical power] and the platform's control panel couldn't respond.

and the guy holding the ladder didn't know about the emergency manual lowering valve. or how to use a nail to push in the plunger on a solenoid valve.
Then again a lot of modern equipment are made in such a way that had he known how to do that the load holding circuit would have required pressure to allow lowering. In these cases there is often a small palm pump mounted on the control bank and a procedural guide for lowering the men to the ground.

**Toolmaker51** · Dec 20, 2018, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by Frank S

and the guy holding the ladder didn't know about the emergency manual lowering valve. or how to use a nail to push in the plunger on a solenoid valve.
Then again a lot of modern equipment are made in such a way that had he known how to do that the load holding circuit would have required pressure to allow lowering. In these cases there is often a small palm pump mounted on the control bank and a procedural guide for lowering the men to the ground.

Logical features, I'm sure some means to do so are a requirement. I'm hardly familiar with aerial gear; even starting from scratch how could such features not be information on the operators placard?