In roofing, the majority of deaths happen around 8'. It is a combination of you think you are ok at that height combined with, your neck cracks at that height.
Done commercial roofing for over 40 years. An inspected steel cable/lanyard/harness does not break.
It just does not.
Heck, I remember when I was 16 years old and working like 500 feet off steel beams during construction of Ben Taub in 1986 in Houston.
Just did a quick inspection of my cables and lanyard and knew it was good to go. Pretty sure I was using a D Clip.
Anyway, I have not tied off in years. Almost always these days my fall protection is perimeter railing and the crazy shiatt is left to the youngins.
Funny story. Was replacing roofs at either a Morton or Cargill salt mine in Louisiana.
First time for me to do construction at a mine.
Holy cow.
Up to that point in my career, had only dealt with OSHA safety regs.
With mines?
Now I had to deal with MSHA. (Pronounced Misha)
My role was as our companies designated safety officer. Pretty sure my older brother sold the job and threw me out their to watch the guys.
We had a few buildings to roof, but one of them was this small guard shack at the front.
The roof was less then 100 square feet. The eave which we placed ladder against was only 8' off the ground. The pitch/slope of roof was 4:12. For those from Loma Linda that means for every 12" you go horizontal, the vertical rise is 4".
A very easy roof to walk on.
Anyway, spent all day with the Morton/Cargill guy trying to figure out how we were going to install an anchor at the ridge line for the guys to tie off to. Can't climb the ladder without being tied off and we did not have a proper man lift to secure the anchor.
I told them we would rent one but they had to pay for it. They balked at that.
Eventually, we compromised. They were so scared MSHA might come down that road and see us securing an anchor without being tied off that they sent someone far down the road to give us the go ahead, while watching with the Nextel walkie talkie cell phones.
Took a few minutes and nobody died, hehe.
Having spent way too long writing this comment, my thought is either foul play or?
The structure they tied off to was compromised and that inspection was not properly performed.
About 20 years ago there was a problem with Indian electrical cables on the market making their way into supply chains. Conductors were undersized, armour undersized, PVC crumbly or gummy. Fire risk, early deterioration, dishonest specification, poor materials.
For whatever reason, despite having the brains to understand, Indian engineering can end up shoddy. I think it is a reluctance to object to shoddiness by contributors, they dont like to stand firm against bosses etc. (it's increasingly like that here) fearing repercussions. So things like this happen due to human factors.
This could just be a accident, but there is a cultural factor that makes accidents more likely.
We should drop test all CEO's.
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Grand opening. Grand closing.
What level of egomaniac does it take to be in a cage above the stage for a meeting?
Exactly walk in like a human fucking being
The moral of the story is don’t use tech teams to rig cages at height. Someone is going to jail
That was an execution
Or typical Indian quality control.
Unlikely any one would die falling 15 feet.
He probably landed on his head.
Of course, he was kinda "flung" out of that rig. But I have jumped from 10' routinely in hay barns.
In roofing, the majority of deaths happen around 8'. It is a combination of you think you are ok at that height combined with, your neck cracks at that height.
This sounds like some Austin Powers level shit lol
Done commercial roofing for over 40 years. An inspected steel cable/lanyard/harness does not break.
It just does not.
Heck, I remember when I was 16 years old and working like 500 feet off steel beams during construction of Ben Taub in 1986 in Houston.
Just did a quick inspection of my cables and lanyard and knew it was good to go. Pretty sure I was using a D Clip.
Anyway, I have not tied off in years. Almost always these days my fall protection is perimeter railing and the crazy shiatt is left to the youngins.
Funny story. Was replacing roofs at either a Morton or Cargill salt mine in Louisiana.
First time for me to do construction at a mine.
Holy cow.
Up to that point in my career, had only dealt with OSHA safety regs.
With mines?
Now I had to deal with MSHA. (Pronounced Misha)
My role was as our companies designated safety officer. Pretty sure my older brother sold the job and threw me out their to watch the guys.
We had a few buildings to roof, but one of them was this small guard shack at the front.
The roof was less then 100 square feet. The eave which we placed ladder against was only 8' off the ground. The pitch/slope of roof was 4:12. For those from Loma Linda that means for every 12" you go horizontal, the vertical rise is 4".
A very easy roof to walk on.
Anyway, spent all day with the Morton/Cargill guy trying to figure out how we were going to install an anchor at the ridge line for the guys to tie off to. Can't climb the ladder without being tied off and we did not have a proper man lift to secure the anchor.
I told them we would rent one but they had to pay for it. They balked at that.
Eventually, we compromised. They were so scared MSHA might come down that road and see us securing an anchor without being tied off that they sent someone far down the road to give us the go ahead, while watching with the Nextel walkie talkie cell phones.
Took a few minutes and nobody died, hehe.
Having spent way too long writing this comment, my thought is either foul play or?
The structure they tied off to was compromised and that inspection was not properly performed.
About 20 years ago there was a problem with Indian electrical cables on the market making their way into supply chains. Conductors were undersized, armour undersized, PVC crumbly or gummy. Fire risk, early deterioration, dishonest specification, poor materials. For whatever reason, despite having the brains to understand, Indian engineering can end up shoddy. I think it is a reluctance to object to shoddiness by contributors, they dont like to stand firm against bosses etc. (it's increasingly like that here) fearing repercussions. So things like this happen due to human factors.
This could just be a accident, but there is a cultural factor that makes accidents more likely.
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