Cart with Dead Man Leg

Concern:

Cart (as shown, loaded with 3,500 pounds of glass) may tilt over or collapse due to wheel/caster failure, and crush or kill a worker.

Countermeasure:

Added a Dead man concept to the 4 corners of the fabricated cart to protect against wheel/caster failure.

Limitation:

 

Additional information

Triz Description

3.3: Make each part of an object fulfill a different and useful function.

Image sources

23 pp., 30 November 2017; Powerpoint slides provided by Chad Hoffmann, Cincinnati, I. and Stearns, Inc. Manufacturing Facility, L. (2017). “Harmon Glass Handling Kaizen-Report Out (Event Dates: 1/12 to 1/14).” Harmon, OH, Stoker

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