I was looking at our video site today checking out the new videos and I saw this video.

http://video.concretepumping.com/view_video.php?viewkey=5ffed0d024130f58c5cf

It made me think of this video.

http://video.concretepumping.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e59267d5ecfac5310286

I just posted these two videos one on power lines and one on Form walking, good stuff. If anyone has any safety material i would love to share it.

That's a wake up call.It really does happen just that fast.Thanks

on a block fill job tues with boom       3" hose hanging, 12" block,    did one truck on wall about 5' off ground, started the second truck,       GREEN BLOCK        masons were still working wall,    made a comment to hose man that he might want to rethink standing on wall, both he and super gave me lip, really lit into me.    God forbid he works just a little harder from scaffolding or walkboards and gets a little splatter on him,  I guess that is better than falling from a wall onto to uncapped # 4 rebar !!!!!!

Probably lost the account, but I'm still in business without a lawsuit, if they call again the boom will be busy, let them haul 2 1/2" line around for block fill !!!!!!

Allow me to tell you a secret.

I always try and be up-front with youall. When I decided to get involved with this ‘expert witness’ deal, I said so. I did not have to, but I thought that it was the right thing to do. So now that I have been doing it for a while I would like to give you my “take” on the whole process.

Someone gets hurt on a job, or on the way to a job or someplace at work.

Americans being Americans; sooner or later several lawyers are involved and one or the other side calls me on the phone or sends me an email. They lay out the basics of the case as they see it and ask me what I think. Somewhere between 20% and 30% of them are not overjoyed with my ‘take’ on the issue and they hang up and go away. Another 5% want to argue with me and I hang up, and they go away. This leaves about a little less than ¾ of the calls which have, in my opinion, merit. Now consider the fact that there are always at least two, and often times many more “sides” in every case; so there are more folks doing exactly the same thing that I am doing. Some of them are just in it for the money, others, like me, are in it for what we consider the right thing to do.

All an expert witness has is an informed, experienced and considered opinion. We don’t sue people, we don’t make any laws and we don’t break any laws. We just tell the court, based upon the evidence (deposition testimony and documents) why something happened, and who should have/ could have acted differently and within the accepted industry standards to prevent this terrible thing from happening.

Now, for the secret: I would rather make ½ as much money and work twice as long and twice as hard training operators to not make these mistakes. If it was up to me we could close the courts and not have any more accidents.

It is not up to me.

IT IS UP TO YOU!

Do the right thing, your reward is…………………. Nothing happens.

Well said Bob, i think it should be a mimi article.

To tell you the truth I had to skip through the first video, because I really thought that guy was going to fall. I skipped to the end to make sure he didn't, and then I watched it all the way through. Hope these guys dont have kids!