That is why when I am doing deck pours I stand by the edge so I can see my pump but yet see the end of the hose.  I like stading close enough to the boom where I can hear concrete going through it.  Trust no one in this buisness.  If something happen you have to take the heat. 

Get of the ground on all vertical pours

Huh?? You stand far below operating the boom while you can not see the end hose?? Sounds like you are the one thats doing dangerous stuff...

he said he could see the end hose

I also on upper decks , position myself if possible where I can see the end hose and my pump, and usually , when possible, have a qualified guy on or near the pump (oiler), there is a lot of things in this industry that needs to be changed , number 1 being , upper decks , blind pours, going over obstacles, etc. a spotter / oiler should be required on all these jobs and billed with the pump , not that we can't do it, because we always have, but because its safer.

Original post most have got deleted I take it?

It is yes.. Thats why Beast misunderstands.. He didn't see the endhose. He said he could see in the flexing of the boom that he was lifting a lot of system. The placing crew was giving him directions.  He could not see the tip..

But never mind

I think he said he could see a 5 inch hose plus 5-4 reducer and some 4inch hose not smart

I deleted the fisrt post by mistake. The poor was on the seventh floor (roof deck) .Boom was tied into 250' pipe and five 4' hoses at the start. Labor foreman and myself had two way radios. At the end of the poor the foreman is telling me to move the boom and I could tell something was up just by looking at the boom . I go uptop and find he has me hanging the tiphose reducer and one 4'' hose the other four are still on deck. A little verbal talk with foreman as why I see things he doesnt and set things straight.

Sounds like someone was just being lazy and did not want to go up on top where the pour was. It is all fun and games until u brake or bend a boom 

Well when I bend the the boom . I will call CBI boom inspections.

Well when I bend the the boom . I will call TODD USHER @ CBI boom inspections.

Good you pay atention.. These placing crews often have not the slightest  clue of concretepumps. Even after working with them for 20 years day in day out. Shocking actualy..