Proper ladder safety

Rara Avis · Dec 6, 2008

Always make sure the smaller ladders are towards the top...

tallyho8 · Dec 6, 2008

PaulChristenson said:
Always make sure the smaller ladders are towards the top...

Wonder why he didn't just flip his big ladder up?

EddieWalker · Dec 6, 2008

Is it held together with duct tape?

Eddie

groundcover · Dec 6, 2008

You can tell that guy didn't have a loader on his tractor !

Tig · Dec 6, 2008

Yes, and always use top quality duct tape.

EddieWalker · Dec 7, 2008

Here's a couple favorites.

Eddie

Timber · Dec 7, 2008

Don't get me going on stupid stuff people do on ladders. That stupidity pisses me off because it usually puts Innocent people in danger

pennwalk · Dec 7, 2008

As long as you have duct tape the sky is the limit but hay bale scaffolding.. COME ON! It isn't even scary because it is so ridiculous.

Chris

Timber · Dec 8, 2008

I worked around staging all through my 20s building ships and working on homes and Churches. I did steeple jack work as well. I built ships for 2 years. We had people fall to the death every month because of stupidity. Guy I worked with fell 7 story's to his death just because he didn't follow procedure. So yea I get pissed over stupid stuff when it comes to rigging ladders & staging. I hope your eyes never see what I have seen

Rara Avis · Dec 8, 2008

Timber said:
I worked around staging all through my 20s building ships and working on homes and Churches. I did steeple jack work as well. I built ships for 2 years. We had people fall to the death every month because of stupidity. Guy I worked with fell 7 story's to his death just because he didn't follow procedure. So yea I get pissed over stupid stuff when it comes to rigging ladders & staging. I hope your eyes never see what I have seen

I have...

...but that was in a previous worklife...

In one week, for an example of human carnage, we ran on a 13 story jumper, an electricution of a tree trimmer who hooked a 10.6KV powerline, a suicide attempt by jumping onto the tracks of DC Metro Sysytem, multiple accidental shootings, one in the butt, one in the brachial plexus, one in the face with a shotgun(he survived...

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oh and last but not least was the gas poisoning because a woman was cleaning her toilet with the classic mixture of clorox and ammonia...

And that doesn't even include the normal sampling of vehicular collisions, fires, and all other human activities which would require the services of Fire/Rescue...

Some of my straight informational postings have been jumped because they assume I'm some kind of safety policeman...so I have switched to sarcasm...