While the below happened on LANS watch, it is nothing new for LANL. Go back and review the UC record at LANL and you will discover that rigging and hoisting was a persistent problem then as well.
'Of all the FUBARS that Charlie reviewed he forgot to mention the $10M package that was recently dropped and destroyed when inadequate lifts were used and the package toppled to ground.
The PADNW confirmed this yesterday, it was an HVAC system. Stated they used 2 straps instead of the required 4. Fortunately, no one was standing under it. Another $10M down the LANS drain.'
'Of all the FUBARS that Charlie reviewed he forgot to mention the $10M package that was recently dropped and destroyed when inadequate lifts were used and the package toppled to ground.
The PADNW confirmed this yesterday, it was an HVAC system. Stated they used 2 straps instead of the required 4. Fortunately, no one was standing under it. Another $10M down the LANS drain.'
Comments
July 1, 2017 at 10:23 AM"
You need to back this claim up with some kind of data to see if the incident rate at LANL is in fact that industry or comparable facilities. There was a Physics Today Article in 2005 that showed that in terms of safety number that LANL is in fact better than average when compared to
industry and other DOE labs. That was 12 years ago. Perhaps the number has increased under the new contractor. In any case your statement appears to be wrong.
http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1878336
Look at recent NNSA data and you will find a different story.
Look at recent NNSA data and you will find a different story."
Fair enough but could you please provide this NNSA data which would tell a different story. I suspect that if the real data is shown that it will not show LANL as some kind of outliers as has been suggested. I may be wrong but just going from the past almost every time someone makes a huge sweeping statement on this blog it turns out not be be true when actual numbers are found.