bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-50013179
RIP drive
And yet despite things like this happening, on this forum and trucking facebook pages many drivers still treat securing loads properly as some kind of joke and ridiculing those who say to do it properly with “well I’ve done it for years that way and nowts ever happened” being the justification.
Conor:
And yet despite things like this happening, on this forum and trucking facebook pages many drivers still treat securing loads properly as some kind of joke and ridiculing those who say to do it properly with “well I’ve done it for years that way and nowts ever happened” being the justification.
This is absolutely correct. You only have to look at the amount of places you load at that look shocked at you and act like you are in the way when you want to strap a load properly before leaving the site and for them to say “well no one else bothers” to know that load security is seen as some big joke that a CPC instructor tells you to do. Not a joke when someone gets hurt or killed though is it.
And yet again Conor spouts up without knowing any details or facts.
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Wheel Nut:
And yet again Conor spouts up without knowing any details or facts.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Regardless of whether he knows the details of the original story he’s still correct in what he says about securing loads in general.
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Conor for once is talking sense,its more the pity others don`t take a bit more time doing the job properly instead of worrying about “schedules” or taking to long to do a job
RIP Driver condolences to his Family
Conor:
And yet despite things like this happening, on this forum and trucking facebook pages many drivers still treat securing loads properly as some kind of joke and ridiculing those who say to do it properly with “well I’ve done it for years that way and nowts ever happened” being the justification.
He did secure the load.
He had stopped to resecure it as it had come loose.
It was securing the load that killed him.
RIP driver
Cant work out what the load was, but this gives a better pic of what fell off. Whatever it was, it fell off and rolled down the embankment.
Did anybody actually read the article? These are the very first lines:
The man had stopped on a slip road of the M62 near Howden Spur in East Yorkshire on Thursday to secure the load which had come loose.
A crane was brought in to help position the large metal structure, but the load became detached and fell on the driver.
ETS:
Did anybody actually read the article? These are the very first lines:The man had stopped on a slip road of the M62 near Howden Spur in East Yorkshire on Thursday to secure the load which had come loose.
A crane was brought in to help position the large metal structure, but the load became detached and fell on the driver.
Yes, I did, seems to me (from the news report) that it wasn’t sufficiently secured when loaded and moved during transit, and while it was being re-stowed the driver was standing in a vulnerable position and was struck and killed by the metal structure.
idrive:
He did secure the load.
Not properly.
He had stopped to resecure it as it had come loose.
Thus confirming he never secured it properly. I don’t have to stop to re-secure my loads, I make sure they’re done before I leave the yard.
It was securing the load that killed him.
Which if he’d done it properly at the yard before setting off he’d still be alive. Yet another easily avoidable fatality of a driver for the sake of taking an extra few minutes.
From what I can gather it was a driver from Musgraves, a haulier local to me. They transport a lot of this kind of stuff and some of the ways some of their drivers secure these and portacabins are truly shocking. Quite a few portable building transporters around here seem to think that a couple of straps thrown over the top are enough to get the job done. My mate did and his claim to fame was appearing on the local BBC news for blocking the main Bridlington to Hull road when the cabin slid off his low loader.
Conor:
My mate did and his claim to fame was appearing on the local BBC news for blocking the main Bridlington to Hull road when the cabin slid off his low loader.
Check you out hob-nobbing with local celebrities 
Is the load contained in a crate ?
I know the report says “metal structure” but is it crated for transport?
If so the sender/whoever made the crate (if competent) will normally mark lifting points, and provide marked securing points etc. The transporter/driver will then be dependent on the professionalism of the crate maker: if the crate is inadequate then securing the crate to the vehicle won`t do much good.
In advance of a proper inquiry it is premature to leap to the first obvious conclusion, that the load was inadequately secured by the driver. It could be he did all he reasonably could, but others were at fault in the packing of the piece.
Is it reasonable to allow a driver to take apart a crate to examine it and make sure it is strong enough to hold the machine inside it?
Because inadequate securing happens often, yes too often, doesn`t mean that is the only cause of loads moving.
Edit.
All the above is a general case scenario.
In this specific case, a load falling from a crane and hitting someone: clearly more than one thing wrong here, quite apart from securing of loads to trucks.
Of course a certain Driffield ■■■■■ knows all the facts of this tragic occurance before the authorities do. Condolences to all affected.
Regardless of what actually happened in this case, a man has lost his life, a family have lost their loved one.
…and all some of you can do is bicker on an internet forum about who knows the most, who’s the most righteous about load securing etc etc etc…armchair experts. Pathetic, it’s why I only rarely look at this site…and even more rarely make comment.
it dont matter how it happened,and similar to the titanic,itl have looked ok as it left the yard,
its just grief for the driver for a momentary lapse of awareness and could happen to anyone in here except obviously for conor and the jts famous five.
even more grief for the family and not a nice position to be if your the plod knocking on the door to tell them.
Musgrave have a big fleet comprising of low loaders, flats, trombones and Hiab vehicles, they have been involved in cabin & module transport for many years. They are not fly by night hauliers. Something very tragic has happened that led up to the death.
Conor:
idrive:
He did secure the load.Not properly.
He had stopped to resecure it as it had come loose.
Thus confirming he never secured it properly. I don’t have to stop to re-secure my loads, I make sure they’re done before I leave the yard.
It was securing the load that killed him.
Which if he’d done it properly at the yard before setting off he’d still be alive. Yet another easily avoidable fatality of a driver for the sake of taking an extra few minutes.
From what I can gather it was a driver from Musgraves, a haulier local to me. They transport a lot of this kind of stuff and some of the ways some of their drivers secure these and portacabins are truly shocking. Quite a few portable building transporters around here seem to think that a couple of straps thrown over the top are enough to get the job done. My mate did and his claim to fame was appearing on the local BBC news for blocking the main Bridlington to Hull road when the cabin slid off his low loader.
Really running out of things to say to you, other than calling you an absolute tnuc
idrive:
Really running out of things to say to you, other than calling you an absolute tnuc
Why should we ignore the reason that it happened was triggered before they even set off with the load just because the driver died? If anything we should be discussing it and people should be learning lessons so hopefully this prevents someone else from being killed at work due to not doing the job properly.
Wheel Nut:
Musgrave have a big fleet comprising of low loaders, flats, trombones and Hiab vehicles, they have been involved in cabin & module transport for many years. They are not fly by night hauliers.
They’ve been regarded locally as having a bit of a reputation for crap pay around here for years as you know well. It may have changed but they used to be lumped in with the likes of Nigel Rice.