Scafold safety

[JK22]

The guys that framed my garage didn’t even use scaffolding. Instead, they had built these crazy triangular platforms out of scrap 8-by (and I have 16’ walls... they were way up there!). I wish I could find the pictures... It was scary just to look at.

 

[bcp]

Bamboo must be safe!

bamboo scaffolding at DuckDuckGo

Bruce

 

[Industrial Toys]

And workers plentiful.

 

[Jstpssng]

I bet it was the bending planks! I will never know if they had screwed them down!

Fortunatley some of my customers still look the other way to safety. Last week operating a scissor lift with no permit and harness. But then it wouldn't go high enough outside, so they used an indoor electric forklift with a basket, to hoist me up. At one point the truck hit uneven pavment, and I thought that was it. Still not high enough, so we put a ladder in the basket!

Did I mention I don't like heights? Some of us, just have to get things done, if we want to get paid and earn a living.

I have fallen off a 2 story roof... got up and the first thing I said was "Holy F***, I'm alive!" Since that day I've been a lot more careful about what I do. Another lesson though, was when I was first on the scene after a hiker had fallen 100 feet onto a frozen river. For a long time after that every time I started doing something a little foolish the sight of his open dead eyes would flash into my mind. I don't take chances anymore, especially when it comes to heights.

 

[Industrial Toys]

A friend who did SAR work in the 80s told us of how someone had fallen off a mountain, lying in a pool of spinal fluid. Friends asked my freind if he was going to be alright. My friend thought that just the funniest thing.

Probably dead wrong here. But I like the "idea" of falling rather than hanging there like some kind of a pinata.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

People think cinder blocks are strong because they're used in foundation walls. If the load is spread they are strong, but they can't take much of a point load. A slight tap with a hammer will crack one. When they fail they fail catastrophically, crumbling. They should never be used to support anything where a failure could cause injury.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Two guys we knew years ago died, their cars up on cinder blocks.