26.02.2016
Getting ready for the Oscars
The annual Academy Awards/the Oscars will be announced this weekend and a telehandler is helping with the set up.
The US market JCB 512-56 has been working at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, carrying out a variety of jobs, including lifting giant versions of the Oscar statuette into place.
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A JCB 512-56 lifts a 7m high Oscar upright
Built at the manufacturer’s UK plant, the 17 metre/5.4 tonne telehandler is owned by Alliance Rental Solutions, of Valencia, California, which specialises in providing equipment to the Hollywood studios.
Red
I believe the academy has recently created two new awards. The Benny Hill rigging excellence award, and the Three Stooges workplace safety award. Maybe these blokes should be nominated in both categories.
Fenster
AccessibL, yeah putting lives in danger is sooooo forward thinking, why don't you tell that to your countryfolk who are dropping cranes with trees to the hilarity of us Asians.
I agree with Red. Correct machine for the job, but wrong attachment and workers very casual about the risks. It seems that there are " protected" applications or jobs that no one can interfere with. It Is definitely NOT and Oscar winning performance for the guys installing the statues, or their manager or risk assessment provider. When that statue stands up on the tray of the low loader and moves away from the Telehandler, the forks may not save the load, as the sling could slip along.
AccessibL
I can assure you they ARE at the forefront of safe working practices..... An extremely large amount of the rest of the world just take things ridiculously far.
Red
Lets see ; No hard hats, no vests, no pedestrian traffic control, no vehicle traffic control, rigging off the upraised forks, one worker appears to be standing directly under the statue, the other worker (with short pants) appears to be standing directly under the boom, hopefully the statue (with rounded base) didn't spin and want to go off the trailer when it was uprighted . And here I thought us Californians were at the forefront of safe work practices.