Re: Safety message about grain augers, etc.

Posted by RAB on August 06, 2006 at 08:01:41 from (70.48.57.76):

In Reply to: Safety message about grain augers, etc. posted by Steven@AZ on August 05, 2006 at 14:05:00:

I remember back in the 80s when I caused a cement kiln to stop running "cos I hit the emergency stop button on a feed screw.
That screw auger was 900mm wide and fed raw feed to the kiln feed system at up to about 400tph. A couple of sections of the top coverplate had been removed and someone was straddling the open screw, standing on the spouts feeding the screw from either side, and scraping a spillage pile into the screw.
My answer, when the works director asked me why I had stopped the kiln, was "the kiln was stopped a lot shorter period than if he had fallen in" and I pointed out I did not stop the kiln, I just stopped the screw. I then justified myself by saying that if I had turned a blind eye and he had fallen in (no - not an accident), his death would have been part blamed on me, and - what would he (the boss) have done in those circumstances?
Regards, RAB

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