A lift operator didn't put the seat down and didn't stop the lift. Four people saw the chair with seat up and moved away except one boy sat and caught his jacket with the peg. The chairlift moved backward and brought the boy down to safe. The information didn't say where.
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I remember other story...the seat was up, the lift operator didn't put it down...a man and a boy sat...the man fall through the seat and caught his pant with the peg. He was naked. The lift moved backward and brought him down.
I wonder why the lift operators don't watch if the seats are up and let the people down?
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A boy hang from chairlift
Started by Skiing#1, Feb 27 2012 04:42 PM
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 07:19 PM
Good thing it was a Doppelmayr. Props to whoever got it running in reverse in time.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:47 PM
Go Doppelmayr! The seat is not that hard to flip down, I have had to do it a few times just before the customer sat in the chair. I wonder why it takes a while for the lift to go into reverse. As the time it take's could be just authorized lift maint. people to get to the lift, and switch the drive direction to reverse.
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 10:08 AM
SkiLiftsRock, on 27 February 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:
Go Doppelmayr! The seat is not that hard to flip down, I have had to do it a few times just before the customer sat in the chair. I wonder why it takes a while for the lift to go into reverse. As the time it take's could be just authorized lift maint. people to get to the lift, and switch the drive direction to reverse.
While it is true that to run the Doppelmayr in reverse is as easy as flipping a switch and restarting the lift, most ski areas have a protocol that if you are going to run the lift in reverse you have to verbally inform every person on the lift that you are going to do it, which obviously could take a while with a patroller skiing the line. Otherwise you might have some people panic and think the lift is experiencing a rollback... I'm not sure what the protocol was at this area, but that is our protocol anyways. But for sure it is better for the lift operator to make sure the seat is down before the rider's load...
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 02:27 PM
not really a liftie, on 28 February 2012 - 10:08 AM, said:
While it is true that to run the Doppelmayr in reverse is as easy as flipping a switch and restarting the lift, most ski areas have a protocol that if you are going to run the lift in reverse you have to verbally inform every person on the lift that you are going to do it, which obviously could take a while with a patroller skiing the line. Otherwise you might have some people panic and think the lift is experiencing a rollback... I'm not sure what the protocol was at this area, but that is our protocol anyways. But for sure it is better for the lift operator to make sure the seat is down before the rider's load...
Yeah, I understand that. I would think that there are some incidents, that just can't wait for a patrol person to ski down the line. On the new Doppelmayr lifts, I think i have seen an intercom system placed on the towers. Not sure if that can be used to notify the passengers. I only have one experience with the lift having to go backwards. 5 people loaded the quad. The lift operator didn't notice at first.
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 07:09 PM
Our protocol requires us to herald the line to inform everyone that we would be running in reverse. I have seen signs in other areas that say: "This lift may operate in reverse at times"
LPoA will build you a lift that will run in reverse as well, all you have to do is ask !
LPoA will build you a lift that will run in reverse as well, all you have to do is ask !
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 09:12 PM
mikest2, on 28 February 2012 - 07:09 PM, said:
Our protocol requires us to herald the line to inform everyone that we would be running in reverse. I have seen signs in other areas that say: "This lift may operate in reverse at times"
LPoA will build you a lift that will run in reverse as well, all you have to do is ask !
LPoA will build you a lift that will run in reverse as well, all you have to do is ask !
I know LP will make it go backwards. With the new lift designs, they run backwards to store carriers in a storage barn for protection. Again its an optional feature
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