"Don't Drop the Ball"

[DMiller]

LOL!! I knew someone would chime in!!

 

[92U 3406]

I see you live in Alberta. I think if you worked in the Gulf of Mexico like I did, you would notice a big difference in comfort, especially in the summer when it hovers near 100f and humid every day. Even without FR clothing, wearing a hard hat and safety glasses makes work dangerous because scalp sweat fills the inside of the glasses with beads of sweat and you can't see. Physical exhaustion and heat strokes do affect safety, as so the encumbrance of safety gear when climbing, as they hinder balance and snag on things, causing your body to unexpectedly swing in an arc. But most of the safety geniuses are COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS to these facts because they live in a world of policies and procedures and are incapable of reason.

We regularly see temperatures in the summer into the mid 90's believe it or not.

 

[Dozerboy]

Lol I live where he’s talking about it was still in the 90s last week. We have fall/spring for about 4 months the rest is summer. You know it’s hot when it’s to cold for you to go to the beach unless it 90 because the norm is 100.

 

[old-iron-habit]

Worked in a vessel shop where the new safety officer wanted the welders to take their welding helmets off and put on a hardhat to walk 50-100' to the rod oven to get more rods. After discussing it, they decided the welders didn't have to wear a hardhat when they went for more rods. Was watching a show on the building of a P&H mining s
hovel. They said they don't require the workers to wear hardhats because if anything fell on them a hardhat wasn't going to make a difference.

The vessel also wanted to make it mandatory to always wear ear plugs. Normally not a bad idea but the foreman agreed with me when you're doing a root pass, weld test or something critical sound can be very important.

On any of the bigger construction sites the welding helmet would be on the hardhat. One may get by without in a fab shop or in a shelter but no where else. Incidentally OSHA rules on hardhats are not that strict. They state that head protection must be worn if you are in danger of striking your head or having something fall on your head. It is not a OSHA requirement to wear one where there is no head injury danger. However every insurance company I have every dealt with required them at all times.

 

[td25c]

Damn y’all should just start a screw Safety thread. Not sure how this went from a thread on getting guys involved in safety to its to dangerous to wear a hard hat and glasses because I’m sweating. That deserves a don’t be a pussy and get back to work.

On the contrary ..... This is a safety thread just as Nige started it . We are just tossin a few basketballs / ideas around & sharing stories where it went overboard .

We use plenty of safety gear on jobs . Head , ear ,eye, respirator , fall protection .........

Use it when it's needed ......... I aint gonna drop on the Sala harness to climb up on the truck or trailer .
Use it for crawling up on grain bins & other high fall areas . I don't heal up as fast as I used to .
http://www.capitalsafety.com/en-us/Pages/Home.aspx?WT.mc_id=www.salagroup.com

 

[td25c]

LOL !

Use fall protection when ya actually need it .
https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/i-could-be-ate-up.38820/#post-447802

Pay no attention to the sign ......... Customer will tell ya what to do .

 

[Bls repair]

Worked on a job where ladders had to be tied off to weld steel connections. Safety wouldn’t let them climb the ladder to tie it off ,told them they had to use a high reach to tie off

 

[old-iron-habit]

Worked on a job where ladders had to be tied off to weld steel connections. Safety wouldn’t let them climb the ladder to tie it off ,told them they had to use a high reach to tie off

OSHA requires ladders to be tied off. They are allowed to be held by a second person while being climbed and secured. OSHA makes a lot of fine money on unsecured ladders.

 

[Bls repair]

That’s what the contractor was doing . Safety man told them they needed a high reach

 

[old-iron-habit]

That’s what the contractor was doing . Safety man told them they needed a high reach

Apparently one that is not even book smart. Rather thankless job. We found it real hard to find and retain good, sensible safety personnel.

 

[Bls repair]

Same job made concrete contractor build bridge over two foot wide footing trench.3’ wide ,42”railings,balusters 4” spaceing
Contractors got together and told construction management company safety guy goes or we go .he went.

 

[td25c]

Getting pretty bad when the BMX riders have to take the Safety Guy to school ..........

Opinion is just that .... An opinion and that's all cool but it's not a law ......

 

[Welder Dave]

On any of the bigger construction sites the welding helmet would be on the hardhat. One may get by without in a fab shop or in a shelter but no where else. Incidentally OSHA rules on hardhats are not that strict. They state that head protection must be worn if you are in danger of striking your head or having something fall on your head. It is not a OSHA requirement to wear one where there is no head injury danger. However every insurance company I have every dealt with required them at all times.

I can see having a welding/hardhat combo on a construction site but in a fab shop where you're mostly just welding there's not much chance of something landing on your head.

 

[td25c]

Helping the Old Man on a remodel of the home he grew up in " old farm house " . Mostly dry wall work & painting .

Two evenings in to the project and He's only accidently busted out one window . So far so good ! LOL

LOL ! Wheeled in to the hardware store to grab a sheet of dry wall for the Old Man's project . Problem was it was raining and a 4' X 8' sheet wont fit in the Jeep Cherokee .

Got the big " freeze " form all the employees at first when I asked if they could cut a few pieces off the sheet so it would fit in the back of the Jeep ............. They then proceeded to lecture me on there " policy " not to cut anything to exact dimensions due to liability ............

Ok .......... Whatever ......................... Then td25 went in to " Old Man Mode " . " Hey folks, we aint tryin to send another feller up to the moon I just need a few pieces cut off this 4X 8 sheet so it will fit in my vehicle . "

" Any other time yall seem to know it all when I'm buying a big end item and now ya caint cut a sheet of drywall for old td25 "?

Had to shame them into doing there job and it worked They cut it and did a fine job after the pep talk .

They just needed a little confidence .

Don't hurt a damn thing to spread a little confidence around to coworkers .