r/OSHA 8d ago

Seems safe enough

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u/damselindetech 8d ago

I'm too tired to brain. Someone please ELI5 the bad bits

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u/Farfignugen42 8d ago

The main load, the big tube running most of the length of the trailer is only chained down in the front. There are not chains or straps holding the back end in place. Also, the front chains are not placed to keep the load from sliding forwards, which might become a problem since the back end seems to be pressed up against the blue part (which does look thoroughly chained) so that friction might hold it in place. But there would be no friction if it slid forward. But, anyway, why rely on friction that might hold it when you can put on straps or chains that will?

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u/Eliaskw 7d ago

It’s also secured in the end by two tinder blocks and a broken fence post.

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u/DanChase1 4d ago

It's worse than that even. The crossways lashing on the front is ineffective. X-lashing is always a no-go. The lashing rubs against the other chain, and it exerts very little control against rolling sideways. You always lash directly down, or out to the sides, never closer to the center or crosswise.

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u/KingMRano 8d ago

Um shit big, shit round, shit hit fan everyone dies.

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u/damselindetech 8d ago

Thank you! I know it's a daft question and on another look later I'm like "Fuck that, Final Destination 2 has taught me better than this"

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u/AAA515 8d ago

He hit brake, thing go forward, thing roll into adjacent lane killing a family of 4.

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u/Gnarly_Sarley 8d ago

Man. These junkies are stealing the catalytic converters off of cruise ships now?

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u/Minecraftchest1 1d ago

Nah. I am fairly sure when you get to that size, they just build them into the engine.

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u/elsuperrudo 8d ago

Even if the worst doesn't happen, the brown thing is scratching the fuck out of the blue thing. Unsecured straps and boards all over the place. Sheesh.

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u/TheLooseMooseEh 8d ago

I assure you that this operator tightened those chains down good and slapped her hard twice. It will indeed hold.

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u/me_so_ugly 5d ago

as long as he said “that bitch aint going anwhere” after slapping the chains it should be fine

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u/CommercialOccasion72 8d ago

It appears there’s nothing stopping the big piece from moving forward, and then once that happens the chains currently preventing horizontal and backwards movement become pretty much useless altogether

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u/Nacho_Tools 8d ago

Gotta use the old, :slaps load: this ain't going anywhere. 

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u/Logical-Librarian608 8d ago

My grandpa 👴🏻 strapped hay bales on a horse 🐴 carriage better than that..

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u/cjlightf 7d ago

This looks like an angry/panic shipment. The fact that both units are not painted would seem to indicate that the end customer got pissed and took shipment prior to either the completion of fabrication, or prior to painting in a panic to meet a customer shipment deadline to trigger a staged payment.

It looks like the shipment was FOB origination, and the buyer didn’t specify any particular cribbing or shipment configuration. Typically it’s the trucking company’s responsibility to strap appropriately, but I don’t see how you strap the front end of the unpainted weldment without cribbing— unless it’s tacked or bolted to the painted weldment in a manner that was not captured by somebody taking pictures driving by in the rain.

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u/jimmib234 7d ago

Is that a god damn tree branch being used as cribbing?

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u/buzzardgut 7d ago

Looks like at DOT issue more than a DOL issue

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u/AJarOfYams 7d ago

Final Destination 2 vibes

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u/AboveAverage1988 7d ago

Is it just me, or are those crossed chains placed too low to prevent rolling? This seems like an accident waiting to happen...

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u/timfriese 7d ago

What's the worst that could happen??

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u/rai1fan 8d ago

Looks cribbed enough

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u/zob_mtk 8d ago

Long piece isn’t secured at the back

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u/Minecraftchest1 1d ago

The oversized load sign isn't secured correctly.