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Jim Kurtz email to XCMG Canada CEO about manufacturing dates

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Source: XCMG Canada internal correspondence (supplied copy)
Record identifier: No case number · email dated 2024-10-11
Document format: PDF · 1 pages
Date and provenance: 2024-10-11 · Date and time shown in the supplied email copy; transmission and completeness not independently authenticated.

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In an email dated October 11, 2024, Jim Kurtz reported concerns to XCMG Canada’s CEO about manufacturing dates shown on serial plates for certain lifts and possible effects on inspection timing.

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D019 · Source record S306 · No case number · email dated 2024-10-11

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From: Jim Kurtz <[DIRECT EMAIL REDACTED]> 
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2024 3:05:40 PM 
To: Victor Jiang <[DIRECT EMAIL REDACTED]> 
Cc: Terri Fodchuk <[DIRECT EMAIL REDACTED]>; Michel Rheaume <[DIRECT EMAIL REDACTED]> 
Subject: MFG date 
Good afternoon Victor 
There is something that has come to my attention and I need to express my concern. When 
some of the scissors and booms arrived this year, Dan was asked to change the serial 
plates to represent the manufacture date from 2023 to 20241 expressed concern about 
this but didn't push to hard, now yesterday I was told that the updated 4047DC units from 
Can lift that are now CSA certified are getting new serial plates with a manufacturing date 
of 2024 but the units are actually ranging from 2020 to 2022 manufacturing years. This is of 
great concern as, if there was ever an accident and it was investigated XCMG Canada as 
well as management that were aware of this could face grave consequences. In Canada 
scissors and booms have to be NOT tested after the initial ten years and then every five 
years after. Since these units are already between two and four years old the NOT 
requirements will be greatly affected. 
Thanks 
Jim 
Solid to Succeed 
Jbnl(urtz 
Director of Service 
XCMG Canada Ltd. 
Address: 100 Burland Cresent, Hamilton, ON 
Hotline: 855-789-XCMG 
Office: [PERSONAL PHONE REDACTED] 
Cell:[PERSONAL PHONE REDACTED] 
Email:[DIRECT EMAIL REDACTED] 
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Context

In an email dated October 11, 2024, Jim Kurtz reported concerns to XCMG Canada’s CEO about manufacturing dates shown on serial plates for certain lifts and possible effects on inspection timing. These are sender-reported concerns, not findings; the supplied copy has not been independently authenticated.

Parties and roles

Sender: Jim Kurtz, then identified in the signature as XCMG Canada Director of Service. Recipient: Victor Jiang. Copied recipients: Terri Fodchuk and Michel Rheaume.

What this document records

The email says the sender had previously expressed concern after being told some scissors and booms would receive serial plates showing a 2024 manufacturing date rather than 2023. This is the sender’s account, not an independently verified event.
The email says the sender was later told updated 4047DC units from CanLift would receive 2024 plates although the units were reportedly manufactured from 2020 to 2022. The email does not itself establish the units’ manufacture dates or that plates were changed.
The sender raised a safety concern about how equipment age could affect non-destructive-testing timing. The precise legal or technical inspection requirement was not independently verified from this email.
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