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I operated a similar two piece boom excavator for two summers in the 1990s. With an experienced operator this is not that big a deal. The bucket in the first picture is already curled all the way in, it can not crush him between the bucket and upper boom. Sure he could be dropped by opening the bucket, on purpose. If your going to sneeze, take your hands off the joysticks before hand. Nothing will move with no hands on the joysticks or feet on the foot controls. In fact no hands no feet is how the operator should be before the man leans out to untie the sling. I'm assuming his only purpose is to untie the sling.

With that said, there is no need for someone in the bucket. A Mooring hitch knot on a rope could be released from the ground, after the pole is set.

 

Maybe I am missing something here? but I don't see any real problem with this? of course there will be 10 UK health and safety rules broken, but they have gone nuts, every little action such as a Plumber shutting off a water toby in the carriageway now needs traffic lights, you no longer are allowed to a narrow a road and have a give and take system even for a short period and yet you can have a parked car causing the same problem for all day.

Likely I have had more Erections than most on here and these were all wooden Poles at that time, there was so much manhandling to be done with these heavy Feckers, so I'm kind of admiring this Pinoy way, likely I would have done the same in that situation, just have to hope the machine operator does no sneeze and close the bucket.

 

Health and Safety is our priority .....good job it's not raining!

 

This is how they erect the poles for street lights around here

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