Haven’t got the August issue yet, but it’s online over there at that other place:
Safety Lessons
August 2006 Similar Articles
By Forrest McCanless (8 Pages)
Construction sites can be hazardous to your health. Nine JLC readers share their war stories.
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Safety Lessons Construction can be a dangerous business. Without the right combination of training, experience, good judgment, proper equipment, and old-fashioned good luck, the chances of incurring a work-related injury are significant. Here are the war stories of nine JLC readers who didn’t beat the odds — and the lessons they learned as a result Forrest McCanless Just a 4-Foot Fall My misadventure happened late last year while I was working on a new porch ceiling. I was no more than four steps up my stepladder when one of the ladder’s back feet worked its way to the edge of
Guess I’ll be full of myself for a while!
Forrest
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remind me to tell you about tennis shoe, chaul line and metal roofs.
I'm guessing you weren't wearing your tennis shoes, bent over to pick up some metal roofing off the pile, and cut your naked foot on the chalk line?
No, really - eh?
Fprrest
talk about safety. was on a 5/12. decide to lay all my screws out in a nice straight line. so started at bottom and chulk line to top. turn around, hit the chaulk line and off like a slip and slide
Congratulations. I haven't seen the piece yet, but am looking forward to it.
Andy
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert A. Heinlein
"Get off your dead #### and on your dying feet." Mom
I havent got my JLC yet for August but it should be in this week. They usually pipe it in with the sunlight (which is a little late this month).
I got my first byline last month in BUILDER magazine "Caught In The Crossfire" in the July issue by Steve Zurier.
Its nice to be able to put in your 2 cents worth every now and then.