Just a Little Safety Thing

[pdub]

In my circle of exposure at work (safety, etc.), I've seen so many photos like this. This one's new to me.

I've named it "Gomer and Darwin Paint a Wall."

[Bamfster]

Just think of all the bad luck the poor bastard that walks up the stairs is gonna have ....

[phitter67]

Hey, they just wanted to find out if bumbles really do bounce!

[oletrux4evr]

Physics class, not painting. Proving theories behind the inclined plane and the wedge........probably Nebraska football players.

[68scott385]

Just imagine what a difference a $2 broom handle would make.

[Barry Donovan]

Just imagine what a difference a $2 broom handle would make.

I worked for a contractor, we were stunt men many times a day.

In fact I got in a routine of walking bouncy pouncy 10 inch wide planks 3 stories up, thought nothing of it. the tool belt so fat, ya can't even see your own feet.

The photo is actually funny. I wonder if its friday afternoon, and the deadline is met.

[NewEnglandRaceFan]

In my circle of exposure at work (safety, etc.), I've seen so many photos like this. This one's new to me.

I've named it "Gomer and Darwin Paint a Wall."

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na, that's fine, latter isn't going anywhere, legs wedged under railing panel.. at an angle.. I'll take that over a wet lawn anyday

[Beagle]

Looks sturdy enough to me. What is the spotters job here? 911 dialer? That looks better than the extension ladder at the entrance... I hate those things.

[NewEnglandRaceFan]

Looks sturdy enough to me. What is the spotters job here? 911 dialer? That looks better than the extension ladder at the entrance... I hate those things.

spotters job, my guess to hand over the roller once the guy is up and ready

[Beagle]

good call... I was thrown off by all the go-go gadget shit on his belt and thought he was the phone home boy. Shouldn't these guys be wearing flip flops so they won't get paint on their sunday school tennis shoes?

[pdub]

good call... I was thrown off by all the go-go gadget shit on his belt and thought he was the phone home boy. Shouldn't these guys be wearing flip flops so they won't get paint on their sunday school tennis shoes?

Photos like that one are so popular in the safety circles because OSHA requires you to wear a fall harness and a lanyard if you can possibly fall 4 feet and the lanyard (parachute) must be secured to a fastening point that will hold at least 5000 pounds. (To catch a great big ass on the way down).

Go figure, those guys can probably do that stuff in the photo 100 times and be okay with it. If it doesn't go well.....well, that's what the safety mantra is all about.

I understand the safety mantra, endorse it, probably don't live by it every time, but that's what it is. It's almost like math. Nearly every single injury of any type, somebody did something "wrong." I DO believe that. After all of these years, I believe that.

When I was a young buck I believed in such a thing as a dangerous environment. And there ARE some. But personal decisions play a far greater role in getting hurt.

[pdub]

Before I become the Safety Guy on here, I don't wannbe, let me clarify, with some examples of what I'm trying to say, from my own antics.

I rode a bicycle 30,000 mile on the highway in another life, you'd think I'd know how to steer one. And that's dangerous by itself (riding on the highway), I'd never do it again. I was coming down the hill about 20 mph in front of the house and while I was siting up in the saddle enjoying the wind with two fingers on the handlebars, cooling off, the bike hit a glob of concrete that was left when they poured the next door neighbors' driveway.

Super deluxe bicycle wreck. It knocked me down, knee surgery ensued. Whose fault was that? The concrete truck? The city? No.

Another time, I was hammering nails. I was already pissed off and under a lot of life-stress, never mind the details. I didn't realize I was trying to hammer a nail through a knot in the wood I couldn't see on the backside of the board.

I reared back and took a baseball swing on the hammer, missed he nail, hit by left index finger instead. Burst wound. That finger was numb for two years after the bleeding stopped.

Whose fault was that? The hammer? The nail? The board? That's what I mean.

[Beagle]

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(not my picture here, I didn't get one of this activity...)




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= Dangerous Environment...

[70chevyC-10]

Just imagine what a difference a $2 broom handle would make.

my thoughts exactly -

[oletrux4evr]

He may have been up there to 'cut in' the ceiling joint.........