DMiller
Senior Member
LOL!! I knew someone would chime in!!
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.
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.
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.
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
That’s what the contractor was doing . Safety man told them they needed a high reach
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.
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