12.05.2017

Iron man on a pallet

Spotted during the set-up of the Iron Man competition and event in Majorca this week, the old fork and pallet routine.

What makes it worse is that a decent truck mounted lift was parked up on site doing nothing. In the words of our correspondent who had stopped by for a coffee and a ‘look see’: “I had a little wander down to the beach today for a coffee and crepe and to see how the Iron Man preparations are coming on and I am loathed to see the type of attitude to working at height from the installations teams. They are attaching the flags and lighting to lamp posts along the beach. A small RT scissor running along the walkway would have been far more appropriate and yet not 50ft from this photo a truck mount was parked up! Not sure it's a death wish but could easily be - given the forklift operator and distractions.”
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Hardly safe, let alone efficient - spotted in Majorca, Spain

It is amazing how installation teams on high profile events do stuff like this! The fact is that this sort of stunt goes on every day all over the world and the number of injuries from those the slip or fall from the pallets is ridiculous, with a number of them being fatal. Hopefully the organisers of Iron Man will sit up and take notice. Definitely one for our Death Wish series
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A few metres away a truck mounted lift doing nothing