Soldier "Guo One Fork": Mastering a Skill by Thinking While Operating a Forklift
Guo Haishan, a machinery squad leader in a certain unit. Look at his name—sea and mountain, so grand! But look at the man himself, he's truly ordinary. However, when Guo Haishan operates a forklift and makes a fork, everyone cheers in admiration! Fork what? Ammunition boxes. A train car brings thousands of stacks, each stack has eight boxes, each box weighs 78 kilograms. Storage and retrieval, unstacking and stacking, all rely on forklifts. One fork lifts four boxes, two forks lift one stack, with gaps of only two fingers' width. If the fork is inaccurate, boxes topple and stacks collapse, easily causing explosions. Guo Haishan joined the machinery squad and has worked for 9 years. He thinks while working, identifying the insertion point as key to safe and fast handling. To practice accuracy, he welded a thin steel bar on the fork and used the forklift to pick up nuts. From grape-sized to peanut-sized, he practiced repeatedly, becoming more and more accurate. Nine years have honed a unique skill. One accurate fork, one steady placement, earning him the nickname "Guo One Fork".
2014-05-09
