For those of you that were involved with the 17’ promise sticker, thanks. My opinion is that the 17’ promise program has been the best thing that we have done… so far.

2007 is just about ready for the history books. 2008 is one day from being born. Now is traditionally the time for people to make New Years Resolutions.

I would like to propose that we here at ConcretePumping.Com make a list; not of resolutions but more of a pact. A list of things that, like the 17’ promise will make our industry safer. This pact will be our promise to each other that we will, no matter what, abide by our rules. This pact needs to be reasonable and thought out. If you all decide that an item should be included, then it will be.

My hope is that you all will sign-on and participate in the content as well as the compliance. This pact is for you and about you and my feeling is that the input should be from you.

The 2008 PUMPERS PACT will be something that we can do to benefit our entire industry.

OK, we need some ideas, some input, some help from those that know best how to make a job safe.

;~)

I will never send an operator to a pour without the proper training.

I will never set up closer to any bank or excavation than is alowable by the one-to-one rule.

Bob,  Here is the thing I hear the most.

    Other operators come on the job and are on the phone half of the pour- there not giving there undivided attention to the pour. There talking about laws to control cell phones while driving. Doesn't operating a boom deserve your full attention?  

Damn straight, that is a big problem.

My bigest downfall when i am pumping is, keeping my cool when i get a guy on the hose that resembles a jitterbug on meth 

Good stuff!

We are all the same. If you are having an issue we are all experiencing the same thing.

Keep it coming ;~)

I agree with Shortbus.

I must add I will always stand where I can see the boom relationship to the powerlines.

I can't come up with anything other than what I do on a daily basis....I always ask myself before, during and after a pour, "What would Bob do???"

in my opinion i think pump companies should send out all of thier service guys to check and make sure the job can be done saftly and quickly without anybody getting hurt its that part of thier job to make sure everything is ok.   i have worked with two different comnpanies since i have started pumping and i remember arriving on this 1 job site and their was power line directly above the boom and i called the service guy that wrote down on the ticket the that job was inspected and when i talked to him he said that he never showed up cause he was busy   but that is my opinion

Mickey;  I agree; I would say anytime a contractor is fairly new at pumping, a "drive by" before the pour is very smart.  I have arrived at jobs  before, and its just amazing where they "invisioned" the set up of the pump to be....alot of times you get the "oh, I forgot you have outriggers for that thing"...or "what is the one to one rule now"...lol

just a little note      i just lost my job due to a failed job inspection by our service manager      how they wanted me to set up was at to much of an angle that the redi mix service manager refused to back his trucks up   and we tried everything we could for 3 hours and still the truck had a big lean to it   so i put the safty of the crew and the drivers before i put profit first     but hey its life  

Mickey 32,

Yes, and no.

What it is, is... life or death.

You made the right choice. Here is one for you.

"I will never set up my pump in a situation that I feel would unduly endanger the life of a co-worker,"

Thank you for making the "life" choice.

;~)

how about not stabbing another operator in the back to get ahead. how about management NOT hiring guys who have never even worked as a laborer on a concrete crew and sending him out on his own the second day.-yes it happened at my last company.-

how about showing up to the job 15 minutes early to get a better feel of the pour and also to make you and your company look good so that the customer asks for you back.