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Serious question, has anyone else seen these new safety sensors they're putting on excavators?
My company just fitted our main 320 with a proximity alarm system last month. I thought it was just more junk to break, honestly. But two weeks ago on a tight site in Tacoma, it beeped like crazy when a ground guy walked behind me while I was swinging. I never saw him in my mirror. The foreman said it probably stopped a real bad day. Now I'm a believer. What other new tech have you guys tried that actually works?
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patel.shane6mo ago
Glad it worked out before something bad happened.
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sarahp346mo ago
True, @patel.shane, but it's also a bit scary how we only learn from near misses.
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kai_burns735mo ago
Wait, hold on, what was the near miss? That's the part that gets me. We're all just nodding along but @patel.shane, you left out the scary detail. It's wild how we brush past the almost-disaster part so fast. Makes you wonder how many close calls we never even hear about.
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