The Construction Thread

[thør]

at least, you don't have to dress like a flagger.

 

[rosco rathbone]

at least, you don't have to dress like a flagger.

The big companies want you to dress like a flagger.

 

[thør]

The big companies want you to dress like a flagger.

They are forced to. If you say you don't like it, they say you're not being safe. In reality, it's BS. Oh damn, the safety guy just wrote me up!

 

[rosco rathbone]

They are forced to. If you say you don't like it, they say you're not being safe. In reality, it's BS. Oh damn, the safety guy just wrote me up!

Yeah.

They won't let us wear our own hard hats either.

I think they just don't like the union stickers.

 

[thør]

Yeah.

They won't let us wear our own hard hats either.

I think they just don't like the union stickers.

They don't know if your hard hat complies with the safety rules. They know theirs does.

 

[rosco rathbone]

They don't know if your hard hat complies with the safety rules. They know theirs does.

Uh huh.

 

[blunt_trauma]

[insert helmet jokes here]

 

[rosco rathbone]

[insert helmet jokes here]

There are helmet jokes??

 

[blunt_trauma]

There are helmet jokes??

only if you're lewd.

 

[trysail]

The big companies want you to dress like a flagger.

I noticed that the other day whilst passing a site and said to myself, "Boy I'm glad I didn't have to dress like that back in the days when I was out in the hot sunshine and it was 97° with 65% humidity."


You can thank your friendly local tort lawyer/ambulance chaser and OSHA regulator for it.


Since that's what this society has devolved to, the insurance company folk tend to be rather insistent that establishing ironclad dress requirements and strict adherence to them trumps the exercise of judgment and common sense.

 

[rosco rathbone]

I noticed that the other day whilst passing a site and said to myself, "Boy I'm glad I didn't have to dress like that back in the days when I was out in the hot sunshine and it was 97° with 65% humidity.


You can thank your friendly local tort lawyer/ambulance chaser and OSHA regulator for it.


Since that's what this society has devolved to, the insurance company folk tend to be rather insistent that establishing ironclad dress requirements and strict adherence to them trumps the exercise of judgment and common sense.

Absolutely. That's why I don't really complain too much. We basically brought this annoying safety stuff on ourselves. It's annoying to have the 25 year old Eastern District Safety Manager telling me I swing the boom of a manlift too fast, but I'd rather have their eye on me than go back to the old days.

I do like the new program in Jersey where they take people involved in ironworker safety (OSHA officials, insurance company folks, etc),strap them with a full belt with two loaded bolt bags, beater, 3 wrenches and a connecting bar, fall arrest harness and lanyard and then have them get up on the mock up iron at the apprentice school and try to do something...anything....with all that stuff on.

 

[koalabear]

Yeah.

They won't let us wear our own hard hats either.

I think they just don't like the union stickers.

The glue on the stickers causes the plastic to deteriorate faster.

 

[rosco rathbone]

The glue on the stickers causes the plastic to deteriorate faster.

I don't like the plastic ones. Strictly MSA skullgard (fibreglass).

 

[koalabear]

I don't like the plastic ones. Strictly MSA skullgard (fibreglass).

Deteriorates even faster.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Deteriorates even faster.

They don't seem to have any problem with their own stupid "CONFINED SPACE TRAINED" or "JULY SAFETY MEETING" stickers on their own red plastic ugly ass laborer hard hats.

 

[koalabear]

They don't seem to have any problem with their own stupid "CONFINED SPACE TRAINED" or "JULY SAFETY MEETING" stickers on their own red plastic ugly ass laborer hard hats.

They only wear those to safety meetings.

 

[thør]

http://www.alaskalaughter.com/alaskalaughter/Tough-girl_Toolbelts_files/Media/IMG_0421/IMG_0421.jpg

There's a nice tool belt for ya, rosco.

 

[Holly Delight]

So is this one of you guys?

The Second Street Sinatra:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/..._QTSKuJIkyMlZbNzMNY4tUM?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=

 

[rosco rathbone]

http://www.alaskalaughter.com/alaskalaughter/Tough-girl_Toolbelts_files/Media/IMG_0421/IMG_0421.jpg

There's a nice tool belt for ya, rosco.

I'll wear one of those only if they make a Robin Hood/Peter Pan hard hat with a feather to go with it.

http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Robin%20Hood%20poster.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/lilbigmutha/peter_pan_nose.png

 

[rosco rathbone]

Company general foreman sticking his nose into the job:

"Send those tubes (6x6x20") six at a time, not four, it's taking too long".

Me unloading truck:

"It's not safe on the dolly. That's why I'm doing it this way".

Foreman:

"Don't worry about it!!! Let's go".

Me:

"OK"

************************************************

2 hours later, he's gone of course:

My partner:

"Look out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

One load of steel:

"CRASSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH"

Misses my leg by a foot and cracks the expensive stone floor.

 

[thør]

I'll wear one of those only if they make a Robin Hood/Peter Pan hard hat with a feather to go with it.

I think the girls could whip one of those up.

 

[Fagin]

at least, you don't have to dress like a flagger.

they are called "traffic regulators" now

 

[rosco rathbone]

Nation of flaggers, swampers and sweepers.

 

[neci]

Low-income Houses from Recycled goods

 

[neci]

how do you choose them?