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Two UPSers Lose Their Lives At Ontario Air Hub
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<blockquote data-quote="MattM" data-source="post: 4278528" data-attributes="member: 53192"><p>Convertible tugs are 80:20 at my building. And our covered tugs aren’t exactly crush proof. I’d have to look next time but I don’t believe I see roll cages. These things barely keep out water.</p><p></p><p>Governors are the only thing consistent with these things. But speeds of even 15mph have always felt sketchy.</p><p></p><p>I hope this opens up some dialogue with safety officials. Would a covered tug be more prone to just sliding on its side? If you guys didn’t know, the design of these have the front wheels being quite a bit smaller than the back wheels.</p><p></p><p>Our power steering barely works so even attempting something like this is a stretch for many tugs. But open tugs alone have always felt like a big safety issue.</p><p></p><p>We had a new guy almost get sucked into an engine a few years ago. He failed to either hear our warning to get back, or he just didn’t care.</p><p>Some of our feeder planes have open propellers. Some are less cautious than they should be.</p><p></p><p>over the years we’ve seen some tugs almost jack knife their whole train of 4 full dollies. But nothing that came close to a flipping of a vehicle. Being smashed between two ulds top deck seems more likely than this situation that happened here.</p><p></p><p>Crazy and sad. There is no doubt UPS is being cheap about some safety things. Roll cages seem like a standard measure. Do they still make cars that are strictly convertible now?</p><p></p><p>I guess what I’m trying to say is. There is only so much supervisors can do. Mistakes and lapses can happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MattM, post: 4278528, member: 53192"] Convertible tugs are 80:20 at my building. And our covered tugs aren’t exactly crush proof. I’d have to look next time but I don’t believe I see roll cages. These things barely keep out water. Governors are the only thing consistent with these things. But speeds of even 15mph have always felt sketchy. I hope this opens up some dialogue with safety officials. Would a covered tug be more prone to just sliding on its side? If you guys didn’t know, the design of these have the front wheels being quite a bit smaller than the back wheels. Our power steering barely works so even attempting something like this is a stretch for many tugs. But open tugs alone have always felt like a big safety issue. We had a new guy almost get sucked into an engine a few years ago. He failed to either hear our warning to get back, or he just didn’t care. Some of our feeder planes have open propellers. Some are less cautious than they should be. over the years we’ve seen some tugs almost jack knife their whole train of 4 full dollies. But nothing that came close to a flipping of a vehicle. Being smashed between two ulds top deck seems more likely than this situation that happened here. Crazy and sad. There is no doubt UPS is being cheap about some safety things. Roll cages seem like a standard measure. Do they still make cars that are strictly convertible now? I guess what I’m trying to say is. There is only so much supervisors can do. Mistakes and lapses can happen. [/QUOTE]
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