That time last week I nearly dropped a load because of a bad hand signal

I was working a job in Cleveland last Thursday, setting steel beams on a new warehouse. The spotter kept giving me signals that were just a little off, like his arm angles were all wrong. I stopped the lift and climbed down to talk to him. Turns out he was a temp and had never worked with a crane before. We spent 20 minutes going over basic hand signals before I felt safe to continue. It saved me from a real disaster, I think. Has anyone else had to train a spotter on the fly like that?

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allen.ruby7h agoTop Commenter

Bad hand signals" is how people die on a site. You did the right thing stopping.

evan_anderson7h ago

Respectfully, bad habits cause accidents way more often than unclear signals do.