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Load inspector in Laredo corrected my strap pattern, saved me a citation
Had a routine check last Tuesday at the Laredo scale house hauling 40k lbs of steel coils. Inspector pointed out my crossover straps were too close to the coil edges and said the proper method is crisscrossing over the center mass to stop lateral shift. I redid all four coils on the spot and he passed me with a warning. Since then I use that center pattern on every load and my tension checks take half as long. Anyone else get a tip from an inspector that stuck with them?
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emma52216d ago
Ever notice how the good advice never comes from the safety posters, it comes from some guy in a booth who's seen a thousand wrecks? I got one in Arkansas about keeping my mud flaps the exact legal height, and the guy flat out told me half his tickets come from flaps that look fine until he breaks out the tape. That stuff never makes it into company training. The inspectors who've been out there long enough know what actually fails on the road, not what looks good on a checklist. What's the weirdest small thing an inspector ever flagged on you that turned out to be a real fix?
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