Thread: Wheel Nut Indicators

Kinda like airbags,reflective tape on everything,GPS tracking,the stupid electronic tages BHP mandate etc etc. Pat

Originally Posted by Sprint

speaking for myself, with the number of them up here, i take great delight in occasionally moving one around a notch or two when i see them on the mining vehicles up here

Boy am I gunna do that next time I'm up at the mines for work...

or pulling them all off and putting them back on in different but logical patterns...

don't you just hate the work place health and safety poofters.
they don't know how to do something, so they regulate their inability onto those that know what they are doing,
in the name of safety....

like hello,
the wheel nuts will fall off if you don't do them up.. stop, fact.

god will not help you, no matter which god you believe in,
[mine is still allowing massive killing in iraq and many other places,
not doing much in the cancer subject either, and seems totally ignorant of the schoolies problem, but their mothers should know, woops, he missed out training them also].

he doesn't know how to warn you of loose wheel nuts, or of no water in the radiator either.

just do the nuts up, ok.

Originally Posted by PAT303

Kinda like airbags,reflective tape on everything,GPS tracking,the stupid electronic tages BHP mandate etc etc. Pat

Pat, you are having a lend.
Airbags save lives, reflective tape in low viz and dust can be a god send (ask a few that Have had near misses, try and see a vehicle in dust or covered in mud from a Haulpack or a 996). The GPS tracking is a great idea for accidents and locating, what I dont like it for is for speed tracking especially the minor stuff or checking if people have ducked home or to the shop, however it does seem to have slowed people up a bit and stopped a large proportion of speeding. Know a few people that have been caught doing what they should not (speeding big time and vehicle used inappropriately).
Yes a lot has gone overboard, but it is usually brought about by incidents and people stuffing around. Have been involved in many ICAMS and observed coroners inquiries. I have many friends that are in OHS and most of them do not sit around trying to think of things to **** us off, but some do and that can be quite apparent at times. My opinion has nothing to do with the fact that I am doing my OHS diploma.
I am still a bit undecided on the wheel nut indicators, but they can serve a purpose I suppose.
Aside form that thinking of going out to Weeli Wolli next Friday, you interested.

Originally Posted by BigJon

They are very common (often mandatory) on mine sites and I am pretty sure that they were thought of by another useless OHS person trying to fill in their day.

The ones that we have fitted to our work vehicles have a warning on the packet that they are not to be used to replace regular wheel nut tension checks. To my mind it makes them less than useless.

Actually that is not quite right, yes their use would have been brought up by someone, but most likely by someone on the work floor as part of a toolbox meeting or risk assessment. Most ideas like this actually come from the workshop staff, not OHS personnel.
They certainly were not invented for or by the mining industry. On the contrary they were invented for the transport industry and there seems to be a fair bit of use in both industries. I personally dont believe that they are really required and should never replace adequate inspections. However on high mileage vehicles or vehicles used in rough conditions for extended use they may have some merit.
Not all our vehicles run them, yet. Mainly the heavy vehicles.
Nissan are fitting them due to a large number of complaints form owners re loose and lost wheels, so maybe we could blame the Nissan drivers.

I put this on the same shelf as "Should I fit an exhaust brake to my Defender......"

Why???????????????????????

If you have a problem with wheel nuts getting loose or coming off, you have a problem, fix it......