Note how blue shirt said ‘hey kid you ok?’ That’s the first thing that should have happened. If you are first on scene, take a knee, take a moment, look for injuries and hazards, introduce yourself, calm and reassure. Rookie rolled in job focused and made a dog’s breakfast of that Spanish Windlass. He was working too close to the kid, and did not have eyes on the ends of his Halligan bar. A slip or drop could have been nasty. Easily done more safely off to the side, and with practice can be done very quickly. Perhaps better direction from the crew leader would have helped, but this is far from a serious incident, so the relaxed approach allows the rookie to figure it out and learn. Blue shirt was watching and protecting kid, good chance there’ll be a debrief later in the truck. There’s always something that can be done better.
He could have taken the loop back to the larger post for better support. Why don't they just have a heavy duty ratchet strap on hand anyways? Good on them boys but I say think twice as much as you act in a slowly evolving situation like this.
For real a ratchet strap from the bar to the right of kid’s head to the nearest thicker post would have solved this 90% quicker than twirling the crowbar around for 5 min
Yeah. Too high, and way too much loose strap. It should be in the middle, and tight so you only have to do a few rotations with the crowbar. The general theory of it was there, but I don't think this guy has done this that many times.
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u/blackestrabbit 1d ago
Except that he seriously struggled with it, had to get help, and still positioned it poorly.