had a clamp come off at main discharge, shot elbow right into drivers leg.  how can i avoid this happening again.  need some input on some type of rigging to protect drivers if this happens again

daily inspections of all your equipment helps,fittings wear also especially your fitting coming out of the hopper on linepumps,if it is a adjustable clamp,make sure your threads or in good shape both male and female,make sure there is not a gap where the clamp closes,and use heavy duty clamps,hope no one was seriously injured

seriously enough to tear a tendon, I have since attached a rubber belting guard that hangs down from hopper to cover all fittings.  One of my guys running my pump just didnt inspect the clamp like he should have. 

Obviously the clamp is the issue but this is what BBCP has to stop this sort of thing..It works really well and they make it for both putz's and schwing pumps.I would say get ahold of the branch closest to you I am sure they can help you out!!.tell them you want to find out about transition covers.

HCPI uses those on their pumps due to a lawsuit.  Do they make them for line pumps that small?  I will look into it.

We make them in a variety of sizes. Call your nearest BBCP branch to get the right size, part number ect.,ect

Art had a novel/functional deal for a small line pump. He had a picture of it somewhere.

Why don't you repost that pic' here, Art?

Mojo,

Here is the link to Seattle Tarps website...

http://www.seattletarp.com/Concretetransitioncovers.asp

These are mandatory on ALL BBCP pump trucks. We are even using them on our boom pipe when pumping bridge decks over I-405 in Bellevue Washington.

Just think, for the price of a transition  cover, all pumping outfits would reducre the chances of this type of injury...

Give Chris a call...

Big T

Risk Management Does not mean managing to be risky. It is all about preventing the preventable problems.

Here is a product that WILL STOP one very big potential problem.

If you run one or onethousand and one pumps you should use this

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It works - why not use it?

Hey Also a warning to Schwing operators. The transition wedge pin CAN work loose(as most of you already know)And I have a temp fix.I take tie wire,double it up and tie the pin down in a figure eight,so it cant slip off.Tie around the bottom of the pin,crisscross it,and then cinch it tight on top of the pin!

seems like I have hit on a subject that we all can relate to,is there any safety mandated procedures that you have to follow here in the usa.  I know in New Zealand they have laws just like DOT for pump operation. 

Mudslinger , drill some more hole in the wedgepin (4-6 hole depending how deep you put the wedge) and use a safetypin to lock the wedgepin . Much quicker....

Vasa

I see the transition cover but in his situation on a linepump would it have prevented the clamp from flying just looking that looked like a pipe cover,I think a bolt up clamp in his situation would be the safest answer and maybe some type of cover

you are right about the bolt on clamp.  the clamp didnt go flying, the elbow and reducer did hitting the driver on the ankle.  the clamp threads just stripped.  closer inspection would have kept this from happening.  I think we all need to slow down and look more closely, I know I will.

Thank You Bob !

Hey, when you are right, you are right.

Right?

When you have a transition cover that you take on and off daily, it kinda 'helps' you take notice of clamps and pins in clamps (or a lack of).  When your hooking up the cover, you're up close to parts of the machine that you normally wouldn't be. 

I've broken more clamps than i care to count,doesn't matter who made them.The rubber that goes on hoppers is the best trick over one solid piece of plastic or a tarp.Put 4 holes in it,one on each corner and tie it around the pipes and clamps.It's time consuming but it works,75000yds and around 100 broken clamps,but not one single person hurt.Pushing 300bars I've blown 90s,6 to 5 reducers,sweep 90s and still no one hurt because of the rubber.You got alot of good advice here now it's up 2 you on what u would like to do.BE SAFE and good luck.