DAMAGED MANHOLE COVER

Dear Raghu and all others,We know that steel/iron manhole covers are very lightweight compared to cement/concrete manhole covers. In our flat, for the overhead tank, we have an iron or steel manhole cover that is ...

Dear PTRC,The first picture shows the ‘’crow bar’’ which were using in our work place to open manhole covers instead of new equipments; it’s not related to this accident. Yes, Your right its show only a normal practice.Now a days the engineering design was chang...

Thank you, Raghu, for sharing. In the three pictures in the presentation, the first one is of manual lifting. Has it been included to show the normal practice only, or does it have anything to do with the present incident? From the pictures and the text, I under...

Team,Please share the enclosed mishap abstract and its lessons learned with your team.

Dear Raghu,Thanks for the attachment. I think this is too much to expect in Indian circumstances. I have seen in Japan, they had special pullers for manhole covers. Similarly, in Europe, there was a special lifting fixture developed by the workmen there, who eve...

I think there should be a wrong "X" and a correct checkmark besides the pictures. The first picture is incorrect, if I am not mistaken, and it should be avoided. The second and third pictures are correct. Raghu, please confirm.

Dear Raghu,Thanks for sharing. The availability of such a magnetic lifting machine for manholes was a new thing for me. Thanks and keep on sharing.@PTRCDear Sir,The first picture shows the traditional manual method used for lifting such manhole covers. That's wh...

Dear friend,The laptop falls under the category of "Portable Capital Equipment." Did your company mention arranging a laptop in your appointment letter?When the company requested you to bring a personal laptop, you should have insured it immediately. You could h...