2020-10-19 |
Camera front scaffolding loosened in the morning on 19 October as seen on internal webcams. ELOG Entry |
Park and secure scaffolding |
Shunsuke S., Enrique G., and Stefan C. decided to go to the site together for safety. Took additional ropes and straps. Before going up the camera access tower, they performed an inspection of the scaffolding from the ground. It looked that a rope is still connecting the fence and the scaffolding. On the tower, they performed quick inspection before starting the fix. The west scaffolding moved to the camera direction, but it did not hit the camera. It was stopped by the newly installed foot barriers around the camera hole in the platform. The brake of the west scaffolding was not locked. And the ropes of west and east scaffoldings had been fixed to the horizontal rail, which allows horizontal movement of the scaffolding. So they put back the west scaffolding in where it should be and locked the brake. After that they fixed the west / east scaffolding by two ropes. It does not allow horizontal movement any more. The final design of the scaffolding foresees an additional brake using the locking and sensor mechanism on the side of the scaffolding on 20.10.20. |
Scaffolding moved towards camera, stopped by foot barrier. Opened brake on scaffolding. Good and Bad example of tying rope, Attachment before the storm was only with one strap on horizontal bar. (the right side like in this picture).After incident, attachment with two straps, one from handrail and from vertical frame of the scaffolding both on a vertical struct of the fence of the camera tower. Additional strap on the right side. |
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