Recently Seawolf came to Rhino Assemblies looking for a light-duty workstation crane to install over their existing Konecranes top running crane. The crane was to be used for installing the 30 ft tall dome on top of the Seawolf Nuclear Submarine. Rhino Assemblies chose Kundel due to the complications of the installation and the elevation that the Kundel Crane system was able to achieve utilizing Kundel’s internal wireless electric system so that no festooning cords would be allowed to hang down into the work area.
The Injury Was Already in the Workstation
Every OSHA recordable has a backstory. Before the incident report, before the restricted duty, before the workers’ comp file, there is usually a workstation everyone already knows about. The lift is ugly. The reach is too far. The part has no good handhold. The...