We have looked in to whether or not the individual who installed the clips did it right, and went so far as to check the other hoists he had worked on - all were torqued properly. I mentioned that there were a lot of issues stacked on top of each other that led to the safety incident, and...
Thanks for the responses. We have used what I think you're referring to as a thimble (something that you loop the dead-end around), and there was one installed at the time of the incident. Swaging is not an option in the given application, and I'm not quite sure I understand how to create a...
Can anyone provide some insight as to which wire rope clamp is better - saddle or fist? We had a major safety incident with the wire rope hoists we use to move around 3-ton rolls of paper. The dead-end of the wire rope pulled out and dropped the roll to the floor, almost landing on the...
