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Image 31 (1 of 2)
This image was taken during an investigation involving a firefighter who was crushed and died "due to entrapment
between the manlift and floor access opening" while wearing his SCBA (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus).
Newer manlifts require larger floor openings and they "shall be approximately circular."
Image "borrowed" from: A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health fatality investigation report
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Image 32 (2 of 2)
Another accident investigation image...
Image "borrowed" from: A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health fatality investigation report
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Image 33
Another way to provide an overhead safety stop device...
A red warning light "shall be provided immediately below the top landing."
The light we see here is for seeing not warning...it is in the next image as well.
Image "borrowed" from: Primeland Cooperatives' Endless Belt Manlift Inspection Program
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Image 34
This is a nice view of the driving machine...
Image "borrowed" from: Primeland Cooperatives' Endless Belt Manlift Inspection Program
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Image 35
Another example of an in-track safety stop device. Most authorities require
this switch to open when a platform with 50 pounds or more passes over it.
Image "borrowed" from: Primeland Cooperatives' Endless Belt Manlift Inspection Program
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Image 36
Each platform has four step rollers...
You can see the flat head countersunk elevator bolts as well.
Image "borrowed" from: Primeland Cooperatives' Endless Belt Manlift Inspection Program
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Image 37
You can see the belt splice here as well as the ladder rungs. I'm guessing this is a butt
splice because of the two tightley spaced rows of bolt heads near the bottom arrow.
Image "borrowed" from: Primeland Cooperatives' Endless Belt Manlift Inspection Program
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Image 38
A butt splice - notice that the "strap" is "on the side away from the pulleys."
Image "borrowed" from: ASME A90.1 - which can be purchased at this ASME Product Catalog web page
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Image 39
A lap splice - "with the leading edge of the belt away from the pulley."
Image "borrowed" from: ASME A90.1 - which can be purchased at this ASME Product Catalog web page
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Image 40
This is an image I found in California's regulations...
can you see why I thought Image 37 was a butt splice?
Image "borrowed" from: The State of California
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Image 41 (1 of 15)
The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Humphrey manlifts throughout - there will be evidence later on that confirms this fact...
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Stripped down to the bone...
Image provided by: Dan Knight
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
See...it's a Humphrey installation.
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Where's the belt?
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
At least this one is not completely stripped...
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The top pulley without a driving machine...
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Eerie...
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Get off here...or else
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
You can see part of the belt at the top pulley and on the down side of the unit...
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
These signs are immediately below the top floor...just as they should be
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The Canada Malting Plant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
This means you...
Can you see the remnants of a manlift in the background?
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Image 56 
Alva Roller Mills in Alva, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Remember...this is not a freight belt!
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A Robinson installation in the derelict Premier Mill - London, United Kingdom
Image provided by: Noel Braverton
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A Robinson installation in the derelict Premier Mill - London, United Kingdom
That Robinson logo looks interesting... 
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Image 59
Look at this image and it's caption - then read the quote from this article:
Worker's body retrieved after fall in McMinnville tower
"The belt elevator is similar to a conveyor belt, but it runs vertically and has a single foothold.
A worker steps onto the foothold and holds on to a line."
Now after looking at these two web pages on manlifts...you know this is bulls**t!
What else do we read in the newspaper that is just as egregious, false, and misleading?
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