Had a close call with a power line on a job in Tacoma last year...

We were setting steel for a new warehouse, and I was focused on the signal from my ground guy. The load was about 20 feet up when I felt this weird static buzz through the cab. I looked up and my blood went cold... the boom tip was maybe 10 feet from a line I hadn't even seen. I dropped the load right there, no questions. The whole site went quiet. Turns out, the site plan we got was an old version, and that line wasn't marked. Ever since then, I do my own walk of the site with binoculars before I even start the engine, no matter what the paperwork says. I don't trust a plan I didn't check myself. Has anyone else had a plan be that far off, and what's your check routine now?

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joel2809d ago

Did you ever find out who was responsible for giving you the wrong site plan?

veraramirez9d ago

Oh man, that "wrong site plan" thing is a nightmare. My buddy had that happen and it turned out to be a mix-up between the old and new drafts from the surveyor. They never really fixed it, just blamed the intern.

beth7197d ago

Used to think checking the site myself was overkill. That close call proved me wrong. Now I'm the guy with the binoculars too.