chelgrian Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 https://www.osha.gov/doc/engineering/2014_r_05.html Also http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20160502/NEWS/160509943 Hopefully the bit of this suit against the manufacturer and the distributor of the karabiner will get tossed since the designer and rigger clearly used it in violation of the manufacturer's specifications and it wasn't a question of if it was going to fail only when as described by the OSHA report. I know that the acrobats suffered life changing injuries but it's sad they or their lawyers can't understand that the karabiner was not at fault however the way it was used was. Unfortunately if this does go to a jury trial I've no confidence in it going the right way due the probable inability of a jury to understand the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyld Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The US system always seems to give little consideration to the complex managerial and procedural failures and the report goes on at great length about the calculation and material examination of the 'widget'. OSHA has a similar obsession with PPE rather than ERIC. The main issue of competency, management diligence and recorded design process is mentioned in the conclusion but barely in the investigation or analysis. Perhaps the report was only scoped to the kit and the rest was investigated and discussed elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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