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Tension system breaks during chairlift maintenance

20 February 2016

Persona

Asset Owner

Contractor

Technologies

Passenger Ropeways

Reference number

5578579

Location: Agassiz
Description: A maintenance person was performing an adjustment of the chairlift tension counterweight position. The maintenance person released the safety anchor line for the tension system counterweight winch and began to turn the winch. The winch anti- rollback device metal casting broke.

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