Yesterday was the first time I ever used a safety harness to sheath a roof (12/12)and decided that it is definately worth the time to set up. When I think about all the stupid chances I’ve taken over the years its a wonder that I’ve never taken a dive. Maybe its because I’m getting older, or maybe its because I have a family but my number 1 priority from now on is safety.
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promised my wife I wouldnt ride my 1100 moter sickel tilll my house is done.....
Ohhhhhhhhh....fineeeeeeee.she gets the house after I kill myself with a new dude in my bed..
Be a lucky wife...lol
andy
My life is my practice!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
If I had the jing I'd be sitting on a Fatboy right now.
jus watch me next summer at "the right coast tipi fest " bro
Be chopped
andyMy life is my practice!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
nah, she just knows it's a VERY safe bet that the house will never be finished...
My first thought when opening this thread was "Damn someone else got hurt,
sh!tty.." Happy to see it's just a reminder and not another man down.
Extend your new safety conciousness to everyone working around you.
A contractor working at one of our power plants lost a man last week because he was not wearing fall arrest gear. I haven't heard whether the fall killed him or he died durring the five hours it took to rescue/retrieve him from the pipe he fell into.
A tragic loss that could have been avoided with less than $200 of gear and the good sense to use it.
Dave
I had a near-miss Thursday:
I was doing column bases on a front porch when the entire end run of two flights of scaffolding came tumbling down right next to me. The siding crew had leaned 12 sheets of Hardie-panel up against it. The scaffolding legs bent and all six planks came sliding down. Thankfully, it was tied off properly to the house, or I would have been crushed for sure. Couldn't believe how fast it happened!
That is a scary tale, I hope those siders bought you a six pack or something. You know it is not if an accident happens but when. I once saw some painters trying to finish off a shed dormer . One was on an extension ladder to the main roof holding a ladder that held the second painter. Even I never did anything that stupid.
"You know it is not if an accident happens but when."
So true! Timing is Everything!
You know, a couple of minutes before, I was directly underneath the planks (that fell) working on the other column. . .
We are visited by OSHA on a regular basis. When they arrive, word travels fast throughout our project. All radios are alll killed and everyone goes on break, immediately! We have never been written up, they have just made reccommendations about the scaffolding. (And they always give us a verbal warning about wearing shorts in our 110 degree heat! It's a $5,000 fine per each. We had to ask, "Does that mean per each bare leg, or per man/woman?" The OSHA guy just laughed.)
Many of our crew have attended "Scaffolding School", and are now certified. It's a good thing, and that's probably what saved me from injury.
No 6-pack though....*g*,
just apologies all around, and a few hugs.