Drivers burned inside concrete mixer trucks hazard

Was said driver wearing all his PPE, aka long pants instead of shorts to minimize potential damage>

 

Do mixer drivers wear shorts? I don't think I've ever seen that.

 

I think it is best you talk to a lawyer. They would know the best course of action moving forward. There is not many mixer drivers on this forum and lawyer would be able to get that information back into the hands where it belongs if you were able to get a lawsuit going against oskkosh

 

Well there is not many drivers here on this forum that even drive that equipment... Im not sure of even 1 mixer driver on this forum that is active... I can appreciate and respct what you are doing, but if you really want something to actually get done about this problem you need to get lawyers involved or the problem is going to continue to happen

 

Curious if there is a shutoff valve on the feedline. It was common, years ago when almost nobody had A/C, that trucks had a gate valve to stop the water flow thru the cab heater in the summer time to help the 2 - 50 air flow work.

 

Exactly right. He's trying to do the right thing and we appreciate that. This forum won't be his best venue. I'd hope that mixer companies running that kind of equipment would be aware of the situation. You can bet the lawyers are already looking at this

 

So the real problem is the maintenance, or lack thereof.

Maintenance is responsible to replace the hoses, as needed.

They should be responsible to open/close the heater flow valves, as needed.

Truck manufacturers changed over to silicone heater hoses in the 70's making heater and radiator hoses a long term item [at a cost] and drastically extended the life-cycle of said hoses.

A company with a well-run maintenance program should still require inspection of these items.

The manufacturer of the power unit faces limitations to accessorial location and builds to the specifications McNiellus demands.

A google search does not show any shysters seeking harmed individuals to file a civil action against Oshkosh.

Op's first post was a vital sourch of a potential serious situation before degrading into potential miss-direction when the root cause should be the operator of the equipment being focused on Oshkosh.