Overheard a foreman bragging he'd never used a rigging card in 20 years

Was on a site in Lansing last Tuesday and listened to this guy tell a new apprentice that load calculations are just for the office guys. Took everything I had not to jump in and explain how a buddy of mine dropped a 500 pound boiler plate because someone eyeballed the sling angle. How do you handle old school guys who think paperwork is a waste of time?

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ross.river1mo ago

Eyeballing a sling angle is how people die.

claireg811mo ago

My dad eyeballed sling angles for 30 years and never had one accident.