Case Study
Six Man Rolling A-Frame Used Over Military Aircraft Mock-ups
Six Man Rolling A-Frame Used Over Military Aircraft Mock- ups Overview An aircraft training and simulator facility located in the southern United States, handles outsourced manufacturing of F-22 Raptor aircraft mock-ups for pilot training/simulation for the United States Government. The manufacturing process involves the building of the F-22 mock-ups in three sections, the aft, the arm, and the landing gear. These sections can weigh up to 20,000lbs. Each section is treated as an individual work station and may be as high as 6 to 9 feet off the ground. Sections that include the top of the aircraft are sloped and have a pitch similar to that of the roof on a house. When first setting up the manufacturing process, plant safety manager John Smith immediately recognized the serious fall hazards