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As the former manager of a manufacturing plant, I can tell you I’ve mumbled unflattering things about OSHA before. Under my breath. When they weren’t around. Because you do not mess with OSHA.
And no matter how obvious you think it might be not to stick your hand or other things you prefer keeping attached to your body into the moving parts of a machine, people have been known to do things that make you wonder if both of their remaining brain cells were taking a union break.
Same goes for any work that involves ladders, apparently…
Scaffolding made from straw bales… why didn’t I think of that? Oh, wait, because I like being not paralyzed. That’s why.
In this case, there isn’t even a ladder in sight. Which is part of the problem.
And okay, I’ll admit to having done this with two five gallon buckets stacked on top of each other, but three? That’s downright crazy.
And speaking of crazy…
The entrance and egress of a job site should consist of something other than a rope bridge. That’s my OSHA-approved tip for the day.
Go forth, wear your personal protective equipment, and sin no more.
4 Responses to “WTFriday: Validating the Existance of OSHA”
I bet everyone in those pictures is an employee and not a boss(who pays insurance bills)! If you hire people to work for you, make sure you have the necessary equipment for them to do their job safely. If you don’t provide that equipment and the employee does something stupid(like using a bandana as a respirator)…then expect a call from a lawyer….
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Some serious macguyvers using a ladder to boost another ladder, kudos for the thought and construction of that. And kudos to the architects of that awesome jungle bridge. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do with what you have.
What is the guy on the ladder upon ladder going to do in order to reach the top of that hedge? Second ladder is not quite tall enough…