I had an employee suffer a back injury yesterday. Could anybody give my some instruction on job bilt tools to drag line hoses? Thanks,

gonna need a little more info

big hose or little

take a piece of number four rebar about three feet long, bend it about three inches at a 45 degree angle (acute), grind it down a little bit and weld a six inch straight piece to the top for a handle and you're ready to go. make a couple of them for laborers to help with.
and for the guy at the end of the hose what works best is a rope with a loop on the end tied to a six inch piece of grey pipe for a handle, works perfectly.
the best way to move the hose back is to pull in a snake like manner when the pump shifts so you can use the movement of the hose to facilitate ease on the laborers back.

You can get some skid pans also to help drag the hoses. Makes it a little easier. We get them from Construction Forms.

take a look at the hose hawg its motorized and is designed to save backs

iT WAS A FOUR INCH LINE. THANKS FOR THE ADVICE.   SAFETY DAVE

hose hawgs clamp to 4 or 5" system

Just something to think about.

As a pump company, if you supply the rope or whatever to drag the system and the 'whatever' that you supplied fails and causes an injury........ you can and will be sued by the [non employee] injured party.

Just a little info for your risk assessment.

I sure as hell did NOT invent this ridiculous set of circumstances, but this is a for real true story.

Make them provide their own device.

We supply "chokers" a steel cable wrapped in a neuce with a piece of air compressor hose to hold onto it.  I won't say it can't fail but the likelyhood is slim.  I won't supply steel hooks because if they slip and someone gets hurt they can sue us.

Gorillas! Find your self a lil bigger (not taller) linepumper, one thats built a bit closer to the ground. A "Hose-Dragon".

I keep a couple of old used safety straps when I get new ones. They will never break and the loops on the ends make great hand holds. My contractors seem to think they work great but my hose jobs are usually 3" hose.

Have you considered getting your operator a helper to help drag hose or to switch out with on big or difficult jobs. I had help today with a line pour doing a foundation with 3" and it changed a difficult job to a much safer and faster job. 

scolew

Work smart is right.

This is what We use for 3" and 4" hose

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And if We dont bring them , and they have to use a safetystrap they go mad !